New York Giants coach Brian Daboll confirmed that quarterback Daniel Jones is going to miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee. Jones had an MRI on Monday and it showed the season-ending injury; he was hurt on a non-contact play in the first half of Sunday’s 30-6 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Daboll had no information on when surgery would take place, saying of Jones:“I talked to him obviously on the plane before he got the MRI, and then really, I just saw him for 30 seconds here before I came into this press conference. He was having a meeting with the doctors, just interrupted and told me what it was. I gave him a hug, and that’s my extent of it right now.”
Left tackle Andrew Thomas said Monday after hearing the news: “It was devastating. You know, one of my teammates, one of my good friends, it (stinks) to hear news like that with injuries like that. It’s something you can’t control. So just try to do my best to uplift him during this situation, help them out and wish him the best with the recovery.”
This marks the second time in three years that the 26-year-old Jones has been sidelined by an injury, who also missed the final six games of the ’21 season with a neck injury. Jones signed a four-year, $160 million contract in March; he was 108 of 160 for 909 yards, two touchdowns and six interceptions and also ran 40 times for 206 yards and a TD.
Tommy DeVito took Jones’ place after he left Sunday’s game, hitting 15 of 20 for 175 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. DeVito made his NFL debut the week before against the Jets, and Daboll said he was planning to get DeVito ready for a game Sunday against Dallas.
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