New York Giants tight ends coach Freddie Kitchens will take over the play calling in Week 15 against the Cleveland Browns following Jason Garrett’s positive COVID-19 test.
It will be the first time Kitchens has called plays since he served as head coach of the Browns a year ago, and that irony is not at all lost on him.
Freddie Kitchens on calling the plays for the Giants against the Browns with Jason Garrett out: "It's kind of ironic. But truly, it's just the next game."
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) December 18, 2020
Despite the ironic twist befitting of 2020, Kitchens insists that the Giants offense will not change under his temporary leadership and that Garrett remains very much engaged with the team.
Freddie Kitchens: "Nothing's changing with our offense. Our offense is our offense."
Says NYG want to rely on execution.— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) December 18, 2020
Freddie Kitchens on if the Giants offense will change w/him calling plays:“Do you really think we would talk about that right now? Nothing’s changing with our offense. Our offense is our offense. We just try to execute on a consistent basis. I couldn’t be more truthful than that”
— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoSNY) December 18, 2020
Ultimately, Kitchens says, offensive success (or failure) will be a group effort and his focus will be playing to the team’s strengths. How that looks with Daniel Jones potentially sitting this one out remains to be seen, but don’t expect to see any sort or major overhaul come Sunday night.
Although Kitchens will have absolute freedom to call plays as he sees fit, the Giants will likely remain a run-heavy, conservative offense that features receivers running the same handful of routes with no separation.
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