It's Time for the New York Giants to Clean House
The New York Giants used to be one of the classiest organizations in the National Football League. And they still are with the way they handled the Daniel Jones release. Outside of that, the Giants are a complete joke, and the rest of the league is finding out.
Once they fired Jerry Reese as their general manager and Tom Coughlin as their head coach, the New York Football Giants went downward. This past Sunday’s embarrassing 30-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was the icing on the cake.
The Giants have one win on home field in the calendar year 2024. They are 0-4 during the 2024-25 NFL season. Entering the game, the Giants decided to start Tommy DeVito over Drew Lock, announcing that, for financial reasons, they were moving on from Daniel Jones. Jones was released, and the offense went out and completely laid an egg.
After the loss, 2024 first-round draft pick Malik Nabers went off after not holding back on his feelings.
“First, second quarter, I don’t get the ball,” Nabers said to reporters on Sunday after the game. “Start getting targets at the end. I mean, can’t do nothing. Start getting the ball when it’s 30-0. What do you want me to do?”
This seem to indicate that he had a problem with his coach and playcaller Brian Daboll. When asked about why he didn’t get the ball, Nabers referred back to the coach.
“Talk to Dabes about that,” Nabers said. “They come up to me and ask me what plays I want and that was that. I don’t know.”
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Again we mentioned the Giants switched quarterbacks and the results have not changed. And the spark the Giants thought they were getting didn’t happen and Nabers let it be known it wasn’t the guy under center.
“Obviously, it ain’t the quarterback,” Nabers said. “Same outcome when we had DJ at quarterback. Take a look: It ain’t the quarterback.”
Nabers couldn’t point to what it was or did not want to throw his head coach under the bus, but one thing is clear the LSU stuff Wide Receiver is already tired of losing in New York.
“I’m tired of losing,” Nabers said. “It’s just that.”
Nabers is not alone. Dexter Lawrence, who has lost for a lot longer, echoed that sentiment.
When players are starting to call out the coach and the play calling, things have to change. And while Brian Daboll was Coach of the Year and the team won a playoff game, the Giants have regressed.
When that team made the playoffs they had Saquon Barkley on the team and the offense ran through him and that’s why Daniel Jones got paid. And neither player is on the team anymore and you can point right at General Manager Joe Schoen.
Schoen chose Jones over Barkley and the running back put up 255 rushing yards and 302 total yards with two touchdowns for Philadelphia on Sunday versus the Los Angeles Rams. And Schoen could have kept him but chose not to. Owner John Mara should have stepped in, but didn’t and his worst nightmare came true. Barkley went to the Eagles.
Now Mara has a decision to make. Though he said Daboll is safe, he said that about the two previous coaches as well, as an owner you have to eliminate the element in the room. Players are calling out the coach and the staff and frustration is boiling over.
This roster is not good enough to win. They have the talent. The quarterback could not get those weapons the ball and he was benched. But why wasn’t the guy who you paid $5 million to in Drew Lock playing in the game.
Again the New York Giants need to clean house and get back to what they were. A good defensive team that can run the ball and get average to good quarterback play. That is the Giants formula for winning. Again easier said then done.
One thing is for sure, the Giants must change the plays they call and that means moving on from their current coach at the end of the season. The GM will have to go to for the right tools to be put on this roster to make them competitive again instead of the laughing stock they are right now.