The New York Giants are on a nine-game losing streak that ties the franchise’s single-season record set in 2019. They are in grave danger of not winning another game this season, prompting ownership to keep general manager Joe Schoen and the head. coach Brian Daboll for another season difficult to motivate.
But what if the Giants, against all odds, won at least one of their remaining three games, games that include visits to the Falcons and Eagles around the home finale against the Colts? Would that be enough to justify keeping the status quo with general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll?
According to SI.com’s Albert Breer, that would be the hope. But does that really matter considering how the team has deteriorated this season, and not just because of injuries (which all teams have to deal with by the way).
At this point, not only is it hard to imagine a Giants team ranked at or near the bottom in almost every major offensive statistic (including scoring), but most Giants fans would rather the team continue to lose at this point in order to ensure the franchise locks up the No. 1 pick in the 2025 draft, where it should be able to land a new franchise quarterback.
Giants co-owner John Mara has spoken about the need for patience with the franchise’s decision makers who, despite being in Year 3 on the job, are actually in Year 2 of the rebuild after the team surprised everyone with its 9-7-1 record in 2022.
That said, one would have hoped the Giants would show progress in terms of their win-loss record, something that hasn’t happened despite the circumstances of 2023 and this season being eerily similar.
For example, the Giants went through three quarterbacks last season thanks to injuries and played 11 games without then-starter Daniel Jones and with a historically poor offensive line. But those obstacles didn’t stop the Giants from winning six games.
This year they have not been able to repeat it. They played ten games with a healthy Jones, going 2-8. Since parting ways with him, they have yet to win a game, after matching a franchise record for most consecutive losses in a single season (nine games). The biggest change on offense was Daboll’s decision to take on the playcalling.
But as the empty seats at Giants home games become more prominent, with each new airplane flying overhead calling for change, and with the coaching staff’s only answer to fixing what’s wrong with the team to keep chopping wood, the thought on running it back with the same regimen seems to make less and less sense every week given where the franchise is.
For example, do they want to run it back with Schoen and Daboll and let them pick the next franchise quarterback? Is there a risk that the losing streak continues and the franchise repeats the mistakes of 2019 when they allowed then-GM Dave Gettleman and head coach Pat Shurmur to select the team’s next franchise quarterback (Jones)?
Ownership must consider these questions in the coming weeks as the franchise approaches a critical point.
