The New York Giants are having a busy Monday following their Week 11 bye. Head coach Brian Daboll has added to the hysteria of benching Daniel Jones for Tommy DeVito. The Giants are close to being out of the playoff conversation at 2-8, and have made it clear that they've entered their experimental phase of the 2024-25 season with the recent update.

“We are making a quarterback switch from Daniel Jones to Tommy DeVito. After evaluating and watching a lot of tape, that's the reason we are going with Tommy. Drew Lock will be the backup. This was a necessary move for us and I'm looking forward to working with Tommy and he'll be ready to go against Tampa Bay,” Daboll said, via the New York Giants.

Jones has played and started in every game for the Giants this year. He obviously hasn't fully lived up to expectations as a former first-round draft pick, nor has he lived up to his four-year, $160 million contract extension from 2023. With the season all but lost, the Giants will keep him healthy and figure out how to move forward for the future. One thing's for certain. Plenty of other changes are likely to come for the Giants franchise.

There could be a new franchise quarterback coming to town in 2025 after Jones has put together another inefficient campaign. The Giants currently sit with the No. 5 pick in April's NFL Draft, but that could quickly change if they continue to plummet in the standings. Either way, New York will have an opportunity to select one of college football's best gunslingers in Colorado's Shedeur Sanders or Miami's Cam Ward.

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The Giants plan to start DeVito, and move Drew Lock up as the backup quarterback ahead of Week 12. DeVito played in nine games for New York in 2023, and made six starts. He completed 114-of-178 passes for 1,101 yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions.

While DeVito is set to make his first appearance of the year, Daboll and the Giants coaching staff have faith in his ability to run the offense. Lock, who arrived to New York in the offseason, made his debut late in the team's 28-3 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles but didn't have much time to get into a rhythm.

The Giants face a tough Tampa Bay Buccaneers squad in Week 12, and DeVito will make his debut appearance in front of the home crowd at MetLife Stadium.