PHILADELPHIA — It’s over, mercifully, one of many worst seasons in Giants historical past — and now comes the time of reckoning.
Who will get the blame for what was an end-to-end mess, a Week 1 to Week 18 catastrophe, just about each step of the way in which, from begin to end? Who solutions for essentially the most losses in a season in franchise historical past, an embarrassingly dangerous offense and an total decline in nearly each statistical space? What’s the destiny of head coach Brian Daboll and basic supervisor Joe Schoen?
The ending touches included extra of the identical slop served up on weekends in the summertime, fall and winter. The Eagles, a legit Tremendous Bowl contender, performed their backups (alas, no Saquon Barkley) and nonetheless have been an excessive amount of for the sad-sack Giants, who had all their wholesome gamers on the sector in some capability. It was a listless exhibiting, because the Giants went down meekly 20-13 at Lincoln Monetary Subject. In fact third-string quarterback Tanner McKey outplayed Drew Lock. The Giants trailed 17-3 earlier than lock and Malik Nabers connected for a 45-yard landing with 10:32 remaining.
The loss places the Giants at 3-14 — they by no means earlier than misplaced 14 video games in a season — and ushers in an offseason that may very well be stuffed with intrigue.
No less than this loss will show helpful to the Giants in late April, when the NFL draft comes round. The Giants got here into the day with the No. 4 total decide and, with a victory, they might have dropped all the way in which all the way down to No. 9.
That worst-case situation didn’t transpire. With New England’s win over the Payments, the up to date draft order stands on the Titans with No. 1 total, adopted by the Browns at No. 2, Giants at No. 3 and the Patriots at No. 4.
It’s known as Black Monday for a purpose, because the day after an NFL season ends, firings come quick and livid.
For the Giants, the expectation is not-so-fast with no matter goes down with Daboll and Schoen. A choice on their futures won’t be made public on Monday.
It’s believed Daboll and Schoen will meet individually with co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch and people conferences won’t come till late Monday or Tuesday morning. Gamers will clear out their lockers Monday morning. Daboll will conduct exit conferences earlier than the gamers make their exits.
Because it stands now, it will be extra stunning if Schoen will get fired, three years into the job. He and Daboll have been employed in 2022, each coming from the Buffalo Payments group. Schoen and Daboll are mates and shut confidants, so far as job safety is worried, they aren’t package deal offers. Possession may determine to maintain each of them — each have five-year contracts — or separate them. The extra possible situation, if each aren’t retained, is that Schoen stays and Daboll is dismissed.
Mara and Tisch have had months to absorb all of the shedding in what was alleged to be a celebration of the one hundredth yr of the franchise. They’ll hear what Schoen and Daboll must say, so far as what went incorrect — that would take a very long time — and, extra importantly, there shall be a chance to current options and plans shifting ahead to show the franchise round. After these discussions, a call shall be introduced about Schoen and Daboll’s future with the Giants.
The Giants are 18-32-1 in three years with Schoen assembling the roster and Daboll teaching the gamers. They have been rapid hits, going 9-7-1 and profitable the primary playoff sport for the franchise for the reason that 2011 season. There was regression to 6-11 in 2023 and a whole meltdown this season, which included a franchise-record 10-game shedding streak.
Will there be a change on the head coach place?
Enhancements to the Rooney Rule — designed to extend the hiring of minority candidates — embrace variety coaching for workforce executives concerned in searches for coaches and government positions. The Giants, in keeping with a supply, not way back reached out to the Jets, inquiring in regards to the coaching, because the Jets have already launched into interviews for his or her head coach and basic supervisor jobs, having fired Robert Saleh and Joe Douglas throughout the season.
Was this a preemptive fact-finding mission that foreshadows a spherical of head coach interviews? We will see within the subsequent day or two.
