When the doors to an NFL locker room open to the media after a loss as bad as the beatdown the Giants suffered on Sunday afternoon, those of us carrying the cameras and the notepads never know exactly what we’re going to encounter.

It was a level of embarrassment that Brian Daboll simply could not afford after scapegoating his quarterback and having almost two weeks to prepare for his next opponent. As the

But, as it turns out, the beginning of the end may have arrived far sooner than Jones's benching. Multiple players told ESPN's Jordan Raanan that the quarterback's relationship with coach Brian Daboll "appeared different" during the 2024 season, with one player even calling the dynamic between the player and coach "weird."