EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-- Daniel Jones was released by the New York Giants on Friday, days after the team announced Tommy DeVito is taking over as the starting quarterback. The Giants officially benched Jones, their 2019 first-round draft pick, on Monday ...

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.

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