Daniel Jones' tenure with the New York Giants surprisingly ended a few months before most people expected it would. The Giants announced Friday that

The mystery was over Monday when the Giants, fresh off their Week 11 bye, announced they were finally benching Jones. Only instead of Lock being named the new starter, the team surprisingly gave the job to third-stringer Tommy DeVito . It was as much of a surprise to Lock as it was to the rest of us.

Four days after benching him due to poor performance, the New York Giants have severed ties with quarterback Daniel Jones. The Giants have formally granted Jones his release, they announced in a Friday morning statement from owner John Mara.