East Rutherford – Tommy Devito sat in the Metlife Stadium parking lot there are two summers and Bill Belichick was on the other side of his mobile phone, trying to present him by joining the New England Patriots training team with a chance to gain their way to active alignment and more.
Devito went with his instinct and despite the openings of the greatest coach of all time, the pride of Cedar Grove remained with the New York GiantsRather joining their training team.
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The rest is in history in a two-year fantasy that took place for the 27-year-old quarter-Arrière who has not only won his place in the NFL-he became a favorite of fans and has become a story of well-being in the period of frustration, anxiety and disappointment for the franchise he has somehow ended up representing his lowest years.
A new chapter begins Wednesday for the player who saw the writing on the wall when the giants sent to the card to select Jaxson Dart as the next quarter of franchise with the 25th choice of the NFL draft in April. Devito has always maintained the same level of professional respect within the organization, even if everyone knew that he had one foot in the group of the fourth rope and the other at the door.
So when the giants told Devito that they had given up on Tuesday, he was not blinded. He bit the lip and accepted the challenge that awaits at the end of what is equivalent to the version of this league of a pending game.
Whether claimed on derogations – which is out of control – or ultimately faced another decision such as the one that Belichick offered to a recruited recruit without curriculum vitae of the NFL, Devito should not have to prove again what it should without any doubt:
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It is not the caricature it was made. Of course, it was fun for a while.
But there is more to Tommy Devito than the “The Sopranos” jokes, the memes of the Goodfellas and the agent carrying Fedora who also highlighted.
With all the emphasis on the gestures of “fingers of the fingers”, signatures and brand deposits during its remarkable climb in six games as a recruit two seasons ago, what was lost is how it happened as QB with the Giants, and in such a short time.
In some of the lowest moments that the giants have seen in the past two years, Devito has represented what was always worth celebrating about the team. Brian Daboll treated Devito as if he were a first round Blue Chipper, defending his skills in private and by publicly doing what he could to cross the long -term QB path.
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However, unless something unexpected has hit the quarter hall, the one that the giants knew that they had to accumulate with the experience at Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston before Dart was on board, it was going to be a slow walk until the end of the days of Devito with Big Blue.
And Devito never turned his back on the team that gave him a chance to live his dream.
In fact, the giants have never turned their backs on the local child either.
The company is what it is, and sometimes we can all benefit from the judgment and the appreciation of this reality – even if many refuse to recognize it for a bunch of clicks and jokes.
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Devito did not cost the Giants a chance at Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye, a whole desperate team to win; It is unfair to continue to pin this on an unclean recruit that was fighting to prove that he can play.
“From his first training camp, Tommy has worked to gain respect for both the organization of the giants and through the league,” said the director of Devito. “He was professional to introduce himself to his business, supporting his teammates. Each opportunity that has been given to him, he took advantage of this. Few guys who grow up 15 minutes from the Meadowlands earn the opportunity to play for the New York giants. This is something that no one can ever take away.”
This is what should not be lost in the next chapter of Devito, whether with the jets, the patriots, another team or, in what would be the ultimate torsion, with the giants.
When the whole world of the NFL was apparently against Devito, and they were apparently again on Tuesday, making fun of him as a caricature of a player straight out of a restart of “Jersey Shore”, one of the biggest stars of the game rejected.
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With words and actions, Saquon Barkley took Devito. He returned respect to the recruit. Supported his efforts.
When Dart arrived this spring, Devito took this lesson and paid for it. He became friends with the future of the Giants, and between the jokes and the “Love Island” dinners in the city, it was Devito who intensified as a member of the part of the ringing partly for Dart.
Yes, Tommy Devito got into four to serve as a Jaxson Dart adviser.
“Tommy was probably the only one [since] I got here, I learned the most, “said Dart.
Now it would not be quite another turn of fate:
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If and when Dart becomes the face of the Giants, a quarter-Arrière in what Daniels has become for Washington and Maye should be in New England, Devito may be celebrated for playing his role at the start of the trip and helping to get there.
This article originally appeared on Northjersey.com: Tommy Devito: Next chapter of the NFL won with character, not a caricature
