The first big hire of the off-season personnel cycle has been made, as the New York Giants announced that they have hired Joe Schoen as their next general manager.
Schoen has an extensive background on the personnel side and over two decades of scouting and personnel experience in the NFL. He began in 2008 with the Miami Dolphins, spending five years as one of the team’s national scouts. He then became the Dolphins assistant director of college scouting in 2013, a role he served in for a brief time before his promotion to director of player personnel in 2014.
Schoen served the Dolphins in that capacity until he joined the Buffalo Bills in 2017 as their assistant general manager.
The team announced the hire on social media:
Welcome to Big Blue, Joe. We have hired Joe Schoen as our new GM
Details: https://t.co/ZzVE82QHNj pic.twitter.com/aKFgDCq4RS
— New York Giants (@Giants) January 21, 2022
With the general manager in place, the attention in the Big Apple now turns to the head coaching position. Given Schoen’s time in Buffalo, one might expect that current Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll would be atop the list. Given the need to either develop Daniel Jones — or develop a rookie quarterback should Schoen look to move on from Jones — Daboll’s track record with Josh Allen would be an enticing line on his resume.
Of course, Daboll is not the only Bills coordinator who is in line for a head coaching job this cycle, as Buffalo defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier has also met with teams. Could Schoen look to the defensive side of the ball to replace Joe Judge?