Brian Daboll seldom releases injury information the day after a game, preferring to wait until the first practice day for the next opponent to provide an update. On Monday, he made an exception regarding his most important player, quarterback Daniel Jones.

“We got the MRI back; he has a torn ACL,” Daboll said.

Then, in an attempt at finding some normalcy, he said, “That’s all the injury news that I have so far today.”

Another reveal would have been buried, anyway. Daboll confirmed what virtually everyone suspected when Jones’ right knee buckled and he walked off the Allegiant Stadium field in Las Vegas; he had suffered an injury that will require a surgical repair and will end his fifth NFL season.

Already reeling from a 30-6 loss to the Raiders, the Giants had to absorb the loss of Jones, a team captain who is admired and respected by all his teammates.

“It’s devastating,” said left tackle Andrew Thomas, who returned to the field after missing seven games with a hamstring injury. “One of my teammates, one of my good friends, it sucks to hear news like that with injuries like that. Some stuff that you can’t control, so just do my best to try to uplift him during the situation, help him out and wish him the best with the recovery.”

“It’s pretty disappointing,” said wide receiver Darius Slayton, a fellow member of the 2019 draft class and a close friend of Jones. “You don’t ever want to see any of your teammates go down but for me personally, being here my whole career with DJ and kind of just the natural connection a receiver and quarterback have. Obviously, for me, I think it’s a bit personal.”

The Giants – who have a 2-7 record, average a league-low 11.2 points a game and Sunday visit Dallas – will likely go with rookie free agent quarterback Tommy DeVito for the foreseeable future.

Veteran Matt Barkley, who joined the practice squad last week and last threw a regular season pass in 2020, is first in line to be the backup. But nothing is certain.

“We have been back for less than 12 hours, so I’ll have some meetings today with (general manager) Joe (Schoen) as the day goes on, and we’ll see where it goes,” Daboll said. “I think Tommy did a good job, but again I’m not going to give you one thing and it’s a different thing. I have confidence in Tommy. He’s done a good job. But I’ll sit down and talk with Joe and figure out what’s next.”

Tyrod Taylor, who started the three games prior to yesterday’s, suffered a rib cage injury last week vs. the Jets and is on injured reserve. Daboll does not know if Taylor will return this season.

“I can’t give you that answer,” Daboll said. “I can’t tell you how he’s going to heal or things like that. So, we’ll see.”