Daniel Jones expressed his thank yous and regrets to the New York Giants on Thursday in what sounded like an emotional goodbye from the quarterback to the organization following his demotion earlier in the week. Turns out, that's exactly what it was.

The New York Giants are releasing quarterback Daniel Jones days after announcing Tommy DeVito is taking over as the starter, team president John Mara said. The Giants officially benched Jones, their 2019 first-round draft pick,

Daniel came to see me this morning and asked if we would release him. We mutually agreed that would be best for him and for the team."