FOXBORO — Tommy DeVito performed deep into the Giants’ last preseason sport final week, as positive an indication as any that the younger quarterback wouldn’t be sticking round after cutdown day.
However DeVito had a sense the place he was headed subsequent. Seems, he was proper.
The Patriots claimed the 27-year-old off waivers Wednesday, and a day later DeVito participated in his first observe with the group. DeVito is the Patriots’ new No. 3 quarterback behind Drake Maye and veteran backup Joshua Dobbs. In his last preseason look, DeVito carved up the Pats’ defensive reserves going 17-of-20 for 198 yards and three touchdowns.
That efficiency made a great impression on the group’s entrance workplace, which incorporates ex-Giants govt Ryan Cowden, who crossed paths with DeVito the previous two seasons.
“Each time you go on the sector, you carry out for 31 different (groups), particularly when you will have some emotions about one thing. In order that final (sport) was, ‘Hear, every thing is an audition, however this one is a private audition. So, I need to make it rely,’” DeVito stated Thursday in entrance of his new locker. “We did, and right here we’re.”
DeVito first stepped into the NFL highlight as a spot starter in 2023, when he went 3-3 and threw for 1,101 yards, eight touchdowns, and three interceptions. He additionally grew to become identified for his signature landing celebration, which doubled as a nod to his Italian heritage. That season, DeVito even beat the Patriots, 10-7, in a late November sport at MetLife Stadium.
Final yr, he appeared began simply two of three sport appearances, finishing 70.5% of his passes for 257 yards, zero touchdowns and no picks. DeVito misplaced his roster spot this summer time after the Giants signed veteran free brokers Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston, and drafted Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart within the first spherical.
Initially an undrafted school free agent who performed at Syracuse and Illinois, DeVito performed his finest soccer below present Giants head coach and ex-Patriots assistant Brian Daboll. To at the present time, Daboll runs an offense just like what the Patriots will execute below offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. DeVito believes that have — plus what he discovered from different former Patriots coaches in New York — will ease his transition to New England.
“I used to be very excited to get right here,” DeVito stated. “I’ve had a whole lot of prior coaches who’ve been a part of this group earlier than, know a whole lot of coaches and other people within the enterprise, so I had a whole lot of good perception.”
He continued: “Clearly, (I) know the historical past of the Giants and the Patriots; simply these two organizations as an entire are superior to the remaining, if you’ll. So, the Patriots, shoot — Tremendous Bowls, Tom Brady. For me, I need to have the ability to expertise it, embrace it, and actually dwell it and be right here.”
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