The New York Giants Finally Saw Enough From Brian Daboll | Defector

"The Greater New York Football Playing Area has enjoyed the invigorating sensation of firing a coach nearly every year for the last decade and change-2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2024-which, for all the other things it suggests about the quality of NFL football produced in that region, also suggested that the sense Giants coach Brian Daboll was overdue for his pink slip was very definitely, well, over-overdue."

"That fourth blown lead was the most immediate, if far from the only, reason that ownership decided it had seen enough and sent Daboll to the knackers yard Monday. Daboll's final record was a grisly but appealingly neat-looking 20-40-1, and was marked with not only disrespected late leads but unseemly temper tantrums, unauthorized tent-peeking, a desperation-fueled and fairly cavalier view of his shiny new quarterback's health, and general don't-wear-a-beard-and-shave-your-head fashion offenses."

"Since Tom Coughlin resigned the post in 2015 and the Giants' carousel de la commode began, Daboll's .336 winning percentage is the best by a Giants coach since the year and change given over to the Ben McAdoo experiment. The Jets may be the reigning regional and national punchline, but the Giants are just a punching bag in an old gym-it works well enough to keep punching it, but there is better equipment to be found elsewhere."

The Greater New York Football Playing Area has fired coaches nearly every year from 2014 through 2024, reflecting chronic organizational instability. Brian Daboll was dismissed after a fourth blown late-game lead and repeated failures to close out wins. Daboll finished 20-40-1 with a .336 winning percentage, the best Giants mark since the short Ben McAdoo tenure. His tenure included disrespecting late leads, temper tantrums, unauthorized tent-peeking, a cavalier attitude toward his quarterback's health, and conspicuous fashion missteps. Owner John Mara reportedly harbored doubts about Daboll before the decisive loss in Chicago.

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