Giants to 'evaluate' QB position after Daniel Jones struggles - ESPN

MUNICH, Germany — The 2-8 New York Giants face a lot of questions as they enter their bye week. Among them, what to do with starting quarterback Daniel Jones, who threw a pair of costly interceptions in Sunday's 20-17 overtime loss to the Carolina Panthers.

«I'd say we got a lot of work to do here in the next few days, in the next week, and we'll evaluate where we're at and what we need to do,» coach Brian Daboll said about his quarterback position.

Daboll has said repeatedly in recent weeks that Jones is the team's starting quarterback. This time he said they will «evaluate.» It leaves the door open for Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito to start games coming out of the bye after another shaky performance by Jones.

The Giants were shut out by the league's 32nd-ranked defense in the opening half. Jones wasn't happy with his performance overall.

«Not good enough,» he said.

Daboll said he did not think about benching Jones at halftime even though his quarterback threw a bad interception deep in Carolina territory late in the first half. Jones rolled out right and had his pass tipped by outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney. It fell into the arms of safety Xavier Woods and kept the Giants scoreless. Jones still came out for the second half as the starter.

«I thought we could get something going, which we did,» Daboll said. «Started out slow, had some opportunities there, but did not [think of benching Jones at halftime].»

Jones' struggles began at the start. He airmailed a pass to rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers on the opening drive. He then didn't see two wide-open receivers (Nabers and Wan'Dale Robinson) on a third-and-1 flea-flicker later in the half.

Daboll was extremely careful about putting blame on his quarterback after the