There are no illusions what Lock, a six-year veteran in his first season as the Giants backup, or DeVito, the second-year Jersey guy who surprised everyone by going 3-3 in 2023 as an undrafted rookie, will provide or add to an attack that through 10 games is averaging an NFL-low 15.6 points a game. This is not about “it can’t be worse,’’ because it can always be worse. This is about the end of the madness of doing the same thing every week and expecting different results.
Jones, 27, is in his sixth year and he is what he is. We know, for sure now, that he will not be with the team in 2025, and that his four-year, $160 million contract will end two years shy of expiration, with the Giants needing to eat $22.1 million in dead salary cap money to part ways with him. There is also that injury guarantee of $23 million in 2025 that makes keeping him on the field a risk no longer worth taking.