The New York Giants are making one more change beneath middle because it enters Week 15.
Third-string quarterback Tommy DeVito will make the beginning in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday after head coach Brian Daboll informed reporters (h/t ESPN’s Adam Schefter) that backup Drew Lock is in a strolling boot.
Lock reportedly suffered a heel damage through the group’s 14-11 loss to the New Orleans Saints in Week 14 and didn’t follow Wednesday.
The replace was a sudden reversal of Daboll’s place on Monday when he informed reporters Lock would begin in opposition to the Ravens.
“Drew might be our quarterback this week,” Daboll said. “Until he cannot be based mostly on damage.”
Lock’s situation will need to have worsened over the past 48 hours to require a boot, but it surely’s one other setback the franchise has needed to endure this season.
If DeVito does begin Sunday, it will likely be the third quarterback change the group has made because the begin of the 12 months.
It released sixth-year starter Daniel Jones in November after the controversial dealing with of his benching through the bye week, and shortly after that, DeVito was benched for Lock.
At 2-11, New York’s fanbase is turning into more and more annoyed by the group’s lack of success regardless of the prospect of a high draft choose in April.
Unknown followers purchased the services of a plane forward of the sport in opposition to the Saints to fly a banner over MetLife Stadium, asking group proprietor John Mara to repair the “dumpster fireplace” the group has change into.
DeVito gained three video games as a starter in 2023 instead of an injured Jones, however that magic appears to have evaporated, throwing for under 189 yards and recording a 16.0 QBR in one start this year.
He’ll have his palms full on Sunday because the Giants enter the competition as 14.5-point underdogs at residence, essentially the most important spread within the franchise’s historical past since 1966.
