The New York Giants thought 2024 would be a season in which they turned the corner to sustained success.
Not so, it seems, as the team has fallen on its face once again out of the gate winning just two of their first 10 games and a killer schedule on the horizon.
The losing of games, of course, has been concerning but the manner in which the team has lost games has fans and pundits wondering if this team is truly headed in the right direction as general manager manager Joe Schoen believes it is.
Head coach Brian Daboll’s bunch has been uninspired, undisciplined, and just downright bland this season. Veteran Giants and NFC East reporter Ralph Vacchiano of FOX Sports has listed Daboll as a possible candidate for the unemployment line after this latest Giants disappointment.
Daboll jumps up on this list mostly because two coaches have already been fired and because his team heads into the bye week on a five-game losing streak and coming off an ugly, 20-17 loss to the Carolina Panthers in overtime in Germany. He was hired for his offensive mind, but their offense is awful, they probably need to make a quarterback change sooner than later, and at this point their fans are clamoring for a tank so they get the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
The Giants also have four home games left and they’re already 0-5 at the Meadowlands this season. Empty stadiums and angry crowds have a history of weighing on this ownership and convincing them to do things they otherwise promised themselves they wouldn’t do.
Co-owner John Mara has recently given his front office and Daboll a vote of confidence saying he has no plans of firing anyone during or after the season.
But the reality is that the Giants are 17-26-1 under Schoen and Daboll. The team, at times, appears as if there is no one steering the ship, and their continued ineptitude in nationally televised games has amplified the team’s internal problems.
Daboll isn’t likely going anywhere for the moment. Keep in mind, he is the team’s fifth head coach since 2016 and Mara is taking a more patient approach with him.
