Giants head coach will take over complete control of the offense
New York Giants coach Brian Daboll finally admitted on Tuesday something that has been obvious for months. He will call offensive plays this season after allowing offensive coordinator Mike Kafka to do that the last two seasons.
“Yeah I’m doing it,” Daboll said Tuesday.
Daboll has called plays for the Giants’ offense since OTAs begin in the spring. Until Tuesday, the third-year head coach had not been willing to confirm that he would take on that role this season.
Daboll was offensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns (2009-2010), Miami Dolphins (2011), Kansas City Chiefs (2012), the University of Alabama (2017), and the Buffalo Bills (2018-2021) before taking the job as head coach of the Giants.
Daboll is, then, no stranger to calling plays.
The right decision?
Yes, I believe this is the right move for Daboll. He has established himself as a coach now, and established relationships with players on both offense and defense. There is pressure on Daboll to both produce a better offense than the Giants had a season ago and to win games.
To try and improve the chances of doing those things, Daboll is leaning into what he does best.
Here is something I wrote about that on Sunday:
Why do I think it’s the right call?
“To start with, it is what Daboll does best. It’s what he loves. His offensive scheming and play-designing is what got him the Giants’ head-coaching gig in the first place.
“This is a make-or-break year for Daboll’s quarterback. He has a shiny new toy in Nabers. As good a coach as I believe offensive coordinator Mike Kafka is, there has always been the oddity of Kafka calling the plays in what has been Daboll’s offense.
“There is heat on Daboll to win more games, and to get his offense to score more than the 15.6 points per game it did last year, 30th in the league.
“I think he is right to lean into his strength and be the voice in Jones’ ear on game days.
“Rather than scream at Kafka about the ball not getting down the field enough, he can control that himself.”
Injury updates
Daboll had previously said he won’t discuss injuries until Wednesday when the first injury report comes out. He did confirm that everyone on the 53-man roster was available for practice in some capacity on Tuesday.
New look
Per Dan Salamone of Giants.com:
The Giants are wearing their winged helmets at practice this week as part of the “Century Red” uniform. The offense is practicing in red jerseys (quarterbacks in blue), and the defense is in white.
To me, that’s pretty cool.
