Giants sign Drew Lock as Daniel Jones’ new backup quarterback

It was a lock that the Giants were going to sign a backup quarterback in free agency and the one they decided on Tuesday is Drew Lock, who is not too old to be considered a has-been and not too young to be viewed as inexperienced.

Lock, 27, replaces Tyrod Taylor, who agreed to terms Monday night with the Jets.

Lock received a one-year deal for $5 million, fully guaranteed.

The Giants did not discount bringing Taylor back for a third year but it appeared as if the football relationship had run its course. Taylor’s price tag — two years for up to $18 million — also drifted too high for the Giants.

Lock was a 2019 second-round pick out of Missouri and is 9-14 in 23 career starts — 21 starts in his first three years with the Broncos and only one the past two seasons with the Seahawks.

He will enter a quarterback room that includes Daniel Jones, coming off reconstructive knee surgery, and Tommy DeVito, who as an undrafted rookie in 2023 was forced onto the field and actually won three consecutive games for the Giants.