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The New York Giants have several major decisions to make in the coming months, chief among them regarding the status of head coach Brian Daboll. After shocking the football world in his 2022 debut, it’s been two years of ugly football in New York. The Giants have lost seven in a row, falling 27-20 to the Dallas Cowboys just days after their worst loss of the season.
Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images New York is on the verge of collapse, but the idea of firing another head coach is clearly not what owner John Mara wants to do. There’s a justified argument to keep Daboll.
He’s been handed an untenable situation under center and is a quarterback guru who hasn’t gotten the chance to pick his quarterback. Firing Daboll while he’s handcuffed to a poor passer doesn’t make New York’s vacancy any more attractive, either. However, keeping Daboll must be a multi-year commitment, or else the Giants risk turning into the Chicago Bears.
On Friday, the Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus. It was his third year on the job, but after he lost the locker room – and several heart-breaking, last-second contests – Chicago handed him his pink slip. Notably, Eberflus was fired a year in the first year of rookie quarterback Caleb Williams’ career.
That marks the Bears’ third rookie quarterback in less than a decade to have their head coach fired in Year 1, a troubling trend that has set the franchise back. Related: Nabers Is Already Tired of Giants' Struggles Developing a quarterback can be compared to rocket science, but it’s generally agreed upon that having the right head coach in place from the start is meaningful. It’s one less offense to learn, one less coach to build a relationship with, and one less obstacle in the path to development.
New York, in all likelihood, will draft a quarterback in April. Are the Giants willing to give Daboll a legitimate shot to coach deep into the passer’s rookie contract? Anything less means risking the fragile ecosystem that rookies tend to need in order to thrive. The Giants, of course, could fire Daboll.
If he loses the locker room, it could very well happen. But keeping him on board has to be a multi-year commitment, or else Mara would make the continuity issues surrounding New York all the more debilitating. Related: WATCH: Daniel Jones Says Goodbye.
