In the New York Giants preseason opener, where they lost to the Detroit Lions 21-16 at Ford Field on Friday night, the Giants got an extended look out of undrafted rookie free agent quarterback Tommy DeVito.
The 25-year-old, who relieved backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor late in the first quarter, played the rest way and led the Giants on two scoring drives, including a 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tommy Sweeney.
DeVito finished the night completing 15 of 24 passes for 155 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. At times, he showed his scrambling ability and had some decent throws.
“Yeah, I thought he did a nice job,” Giants head coach Brian Daboll said after the game. “He operated well. He had a play; obviously, we threw the interception there at the end, but it was fourth-and-15, and he hit a play like that in camp early on. Where it was fourth-and-15, and he threw checkdown for five yards. And obviously, he threw it up to try to give him a chance. They made a play on it. But I thought he operated well. Made some good decisions. Used his legs. He was under some pressure sometimes there. Took care of the ball on some of those sacks. So definitely a performance to work off of.”
As a whole, DeVito was happy with his play.
“I think it turned out well at times,” he said. “There were a lot of things to clean up, a couple throws that I missed that will haunt me tonight, that I’ll be sitting up thinking about. But I think it’s just a step in the right direction, and I look forward to getting up tomorrow and watching the film.”
According to DeVito, Giants starting quarterback Daniel Jones, who got the night off, and Taylor encouraged him from the sideline.
“Everybody was, especially (Giants QBs) Daniel (Jones) and Tyrod (Taylor), just going back and picking their brains as to what they saw, what can I do here, what can I do better, just small things in that detail just looking at the iPads and they helped me a lot throughout the game.”
As Daboll said, this is a “performance to work off of” for DeVito.
New York will return to the practice field on Monday as they prepare for their next preseason game, Friday, August 18, at MetLife Stadium against the Panthers.
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