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Giants news, 10/21: Bowen remains defensive coordinator, Jaxson Dart, Bobby Okereke, more headlines

Good morning, New York Giants fans!

From Big Blue View

Other Giant observations

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Antonio Pierce (former Las Vegas Raiders head coach and CBS analyst). He has not called plays at the NFL level, but with Pierce as the Raiders’ head coach, they still used a lot of zone, but they also blitzed 29.9% of the time. He would also be a good motivator. This is what he said about his mindset as a Giants player: “We don’t apologize for how we play. Nobody is going to apologize if they whoop our (expletive), so we press on the gas, and we don’t apologize for anything. We smoke our (expletive) and talk our (expletive).”

Others mentioned included Wade Phillips (San Antonio Brahmas), John Egorugwu (Giants inside linebackers coach), Andre Patterson (Giants defensive line coach) and Marquand Manuel (Giants secondary coach and passing game coordinator).

Bobby Okereke: We’re all hands on deck

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📈 Exciting Giants games. New York led 26-8 with under six minutes remaining, but Denver’s 33-point fourth quarter broke a longstanding streak. While explaining the disastrous loss, Dan Duggan pointed out a 🤯 stat:

“There had been 1,602 consecutive wins by teams leading by 18 points with six minutes remaining, according to the CBS broadcast.”

Jaxson Dart has bright future but can’t overcome Giants’ current identity | New York Daily News

The question, then, is how to proceed with Dart’s development after 2026. Daboll is the one who banged the table for the Giants to draft Dart in the first place and then start him in Week 4 at 0-3. So he would make the argument that he deserves to continue to develop the QB.

On the flip side, Dart would be better off playing for a coach and a team that has a better understanding of how to manage a roster and games, that drafts better and that puts players in better positions to succeed.

All of that is to say Dart’s future looks bright, but as long as he plays for this version of the Giants, he’ll be subjected to gutting losses — to a lot of losses.

He’s right. The interception just one of a half dozen unacceptable things the Giants did during one big, fat, unacceptable loss that wrings any momentum right out of this season. This franchise has endured a pile of soul-crushing losses over the past decade, and somehow, this one belongs near the top of the list.

Still, if fans squinted a little, they might be able to see a silver lining. For once, it’s not just the vision impairment from banging their heads against the wall.

Historic Meltdown Leaves New York Giants the Most Directionless Team in NFL | Bleacher Report

The meltdown shined a light on everything wrong with this team under Daboll—poor play calling, decision-making and exploitable weaknesses along the roster. While there isn’t much left to be said about the incomprehensible implosion, the Giants ultimately don’t have a good path forward.

By selecting Dart and rapidly developing him, Daboll appeared to have bought himself more time to convince ownership that he’s the coach to lead this franchise back to glory. The Denver defeat revealed the type of flaws that will prevent the team from making a serious run under his stewardship, however. Even if ownership doesn’t opt for a midseason firing, it’s almost impossible to envision the pairing lasting beyond Black Monday after this past weekend’s showing.

This was their ninth straight road loss. They have the second-worst record in the NFL over the past 10 years (56-110-1). They really thought things had changed after beating the Eagles. Dart himself called it a statement. It sure looked that way through three quarters — until it all fell apart.

Silver lining: Dart looks good. Really, really good. The Giants may very well have their franchise quarterback. But how they pick up the pieces — to salvage the season — is the real challenge.

This is the kind of loss that can fracture a team. One that can spiral. And spiraling for the Giants might very well lead to the loss of jobs. Burns isn’t alone in wondering: How did that just happen?

Despite the epic loss, Daboll can be seen attaching himself to young quarterback Jaxson Dart — and ESPN host Chris Carlin has an idea why.

“Why is it that we need to be kissing the ass of the quarterback the entire time if you’re the head coach? Why?” Carlin in his midday show on ESPN New York on Monday. “All that looks like to me, I have seen it 1,000 times in corporate life, you see it all the time: somebody gets fired, and you bring in a new guy, and you’ve always known those two or three guys who are going to go right in and try to work their way right up their you-know-what. Trying to figure out exactly how can I position myself best … That’s exactly what this looks like with the coach, just on top of Dart, every chance he gets.”

This week’s opponent

After the game was over, Hurts said that it was “not a time to want or wish something happens, but time to make it happen” and added that he used those two losses as fuel for his big afternoon.

“The feeling of losing, simple as that,” Hurts said, via Zach Berman of TheAthletic.com. “I know there’s a clip to confirm where I said, ‘We’re not losers anymore.’ That’s all I could think about during the last two weeks. . . . I think definitely there was some fire there. But within that fire, you have to be the calm.”

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Is the Eagles’ offense back? The 30th-ranked passing offense coming into the game found its stride against Minnesota. Quarterback Jalen Hurts threw three touchdown passes, wide receiver DeVonta Smith had a career-high 183 yards and a touchdown and A.J. Brown had a pair of touchdown catches. Hurts’ 304 yards to receivers was the second most of his career. The Eagles still haven’t gotten running back Saquon Barkley going, but they were able to generate some answers in the pass game during their mini-bye, which is encouraging.

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7. Let’s talk depth, shall we?. The Eagles were and are banged up. But they went deep into their reserve group and players stepped up. Let’s give a hand to Brett Toth for replacing Cam Jurgens at center, Kelee Ringo for replacing Adoree’ Jackson at cornerback, Patrick Johnson for good reps at edge in place of Azeez Ojulari. Ojomo also went out late in the game. Jeremiah Trotter, Jr. left the game so the Eagles had players step for him on special teams. It may not have been discussed much, but that part of the win has to be recognized.