Giants Insiders Talk Lack of 'Consistency' Under Brian Daboll, Focus on 'Narratives'

The Brian Daboll era is over after the New York Giants fired their head coach Monday after three-plus seasons, which resulted in a 20-40-1 record.

Now reports are emerging regarding his tenure, with one dropping Thursday courtesy of ESPN's Jordan Raanan, who noted sources that said Daboll's tenure lacked "any sort of consistency" and that the team was concerned about "narratives and perceptions" outside team headquarters.

"Multiple sources told ESPN over the past four years that there never seemed to be any sort of consistency with Daboll's decision-making," Raanan said. "Multiple players have even said the Giants were too worried about the narratives and perceptions from outside the building."

The Giants hired Daboll, the Buffalo Bills' former offensive coordinator, to be their head coach after a downtrodden 4-13 season saw the team part ways with ex-HC Joe Judge. Big Blue enjoyed a phenomenal turnaround in year one, going 9-7-1 in 2022, making the playoffs for the first time since 2016 and winning a playoff game for the first time since 2011.

However, it's been downhill ever since. The Giants fell to 6-11 in 2023, 3-14 in 2024 and now 2-8 in 2025. New York was winning four of those eventual 2025 defeats by 10 or more points, including a 33-32 loss at the Denver Broncos in which the team allowed 33 fourth-quarter points and blew leads of 19-0, 26-8 and 32-30.

Last Sunday at the Chicago Bears featured the team winning 20-10 with under four minutes left in the fourth quarter before the hosts scored two late touchdowns en route to a 24-20 win.

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And with that, Daboll is gone, although general manager Joe Schoen remains. The Giants hired Schoen, the Bills' former assistant general manager, in January 2022. Daboll came aboard one week later. They were seen as a package deal of sorts from a successful organization, although they are being viewed separately here in the eyes of owners.

Of note, owner John Mara said in a statement announcing Daboll's removal that the team feels Schoen has "assembled a good young nucleus of talent, and we look forward to its development."

Raanan spoke more on the team removing Daboll and not Schoen, who is leading the coaching search.

"Daboll and Giants general manager Joe Schoen were ultimately separated, much as owner John Mara said was the case several years ago, because they had different jobs. In the same statement that announced Daboll was relieved of his duties Monday, Schoen was put in charge of the impending coaching search. Barring a sudden change at the end of the season or specific demands from a coaching candidate, Schoen is expected to lead this team forward.

"It goes along with the constant back and forth that existed over the past 18 months or so, as team sources have said the front office believed there was more talent than the club's record showed. The coaching staff was not getting the most out of the talent."

In the meantime, the Giants are playing out the string of a season that will assuredly result in the team missing the playoffs for the eighth time in nine years. The visiting Green Bay Packers are up next on Sunday.