Can he buck a negative trend?

Judge has a tough road to climb as few assistants from Belichick’s head coaching tree have had success in the NFL, and that includes Saban. Josh McDaniels, Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini and Jim Schwartz all failed as head coaches. The jury is still out on Matt Patricia, Bill O’Brien and Brian Flores.

Will Judge be the outlier?

From @nflnetwork: No idea if Joe Judge will pan out for the #Giants but I give them credit for dipping into a mostly untapped pool of potential head coaches by hiring a predominantly special-teams guy. pic.twitter.com/Mny8GP8rHR

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 7, 2020