Less than a month after getting a vote of confidence from ownership, New York Giants head coach Brian Doboll is apparently very much on the hot seat.
NFL insider Jordan Schultz reports that there’s a growing sense Daboll is “coaching for his” job over the final seven games.
Sources: While ownership has suggested he’ll return, there is a growing sense that #Giants HC Brian Daboll is coaching for his job over the final seven games.
That’s part of why he chose Tommy DeVito over Drew Lock as the starting QB.
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— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) November 18, 2024
Daboll met with the media via Zoom on Monday to discuss the team’s decision to bench quarterback Daniel Jones and insert hometown hero Tommy DeVito into the starting role.
Daboll said, “a decision that we needed to make here and try to spark things, change things up. We went and did it with Tommy.”
It was suggested that the switch was made for financial reasons rather than football ones as general manager Joe Schoen had suggested they would be made going forward in his presser last week.
“I understand your question,” Daboll said. “Again, our conversations will be private. We have plenty of them. Looking forward to Tommy getting ready here to go against Tampa.”
It’s just the latest of several sudden decisions the team has made this season when it comes to personnel. There seems to be mixed messages being sent throughout the different levels of the organization to which the response is always that there is constant communication between ownership and the rank and file.
Daboll has also put more pressure on himself this season by assuming the offensive play-calling. The Giants have been the lowest-scoring team in the NFL through 11 weeks.
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