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Giants news, 12/24: Uncertainty at starting quarterback, Brian Daboll, John Mara, more headlines

New York Giants news for Christmas Eve

Good morning, New York Giants fans!

From Big Blue View

Other Giant observations

Former New York Giants Defender Says This Line of Thinking Must Change | SI.com

“There was a locker room chemistry that existed with the New York Football Giants for the last few years,” Jonathan Casillas said on the Locked On Giants podcast. “I don’t think they understand what that truly means. They got rid of all those guys that were the culture for the New York Giants in the locker room that have been here throughout several regimes—Saquon Barkley, Leonard Williams, Julian Love, Xavier McKinney, Kevin Zeitler, and Sterling Shepard. Those were the leaders. Those are the cultural factors that had this team confident throughout the years despite having different coaches, different regimes, different GMs. And I don’t think they understood that to be honest.”

Daboll on the last two weeks of the season

“You put everything you’ve got into it just like we do each and every week.”

Brian Daboll was asked about finishing the season strong despite the Giants’ 2-13 record: pic.twitter.com/P8LL5H7WW1

— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) December 23, 2024

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Now, I still believe Brian Daboll has a high ceiling as a coach, and the same goes for Joe Schoen as a GM. But the team I saw Sunday looked disengaged and lifeless, and it’s been that way far too often since the Giants last won a game. And while I know John Mara doesn’t want to blow it up again—if he fired those two guys, he’d be into his fifth head coach and third GM in less than a decade, which is unbecoming of the NFL’s Tiffany franchise—the facts are the facts, and narratives have slowly become reality.

If Daboll and Schoen make it to next season, they’d very clearly go in fighting for their jobs, and in a market where the environment has already gotten toxic. You saw what that looked like with Matt Rhule (Carolina Panthers) in 2022, and Dan Quinn (Falcons) and Doug Marrone (Jacksonville Jaguars) in 2020. It rarely works out.

NFL Hot Seat: How Safe Is Every Coach for Next Season? | Bleacher Report

3. Brian Daboll, New York Giants: Nine wins in 2022, six in 2023, two (thus far) in 2024. I think the Giants likely realize they need a fresh start at quarterback and within the coaching staff. That offense has been anemic for far too long, regardless of the QB situation.

Tiki Barber rips Giants starting Drew Lock | WFAN.com

“I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t trust that decisions are being made in the interest of winning,” Tiki said. “I’m not saying they’re tanking, but I told you months ago who Drew Lock was…Playing Drew Lock almost ensures that you’re going to lose, because he’s going to do this constantly. I would have rather seen Tim Boyle on the field…we know who Drew Lock is, so how the heck can you keep putting him out there? They can’t honestly think that Drew Lock gives them the best chance to win.”

Wan’Dale Robinson with one of the best blocks on Sunday

Wan’Dale Robinson earned a pancake on this ten-yard gain by Malik Nabers pic.twitter.com/Fz5Z6m3tCY

— Nick Falato (@nickfalato) December 23, 2024

Presenting the ‘12 Day-bolls of Christmas’ — an ode to a merry-less Giants season | The Athletic

On the fifth Day-boll of Christmas, your Giants gave to you: Five division losses

The Giants are on the brink of more unfortunate history. New York has never gone winless in the NFC East, but it’s possible this year with one game left (Week 18) against the playoff-bound Eagles.

While this year is particularly bad, the real problem is the Giants haven’t made much progress in the NFC East since the new regime took over in 2022. In that span, the Giants have gone 4-12-1, not counting the playoff loss to the Eagles in 2022.

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Latest First-Round Predictions Entering Week 17 | The 33rd Team

1. New York Giants: Cam Ward, QB, Miami, The race for QB1 in this class just got a lot more interesting. However, the New York Giants kept the first half of the conversation rather boring. The Giants held serve with a loss to the Atlanta Falcons and actually strengthened their grip on the No. 1 overall pick thanks to the Raiders’ win over Jacksonville. Who is the right quarterback for the Giants? That’s now the question.

While Cam Ward isn’t the most refined or disciplined, he’s the one with the passing tools and outside-of-structure ability to most closely mirror some of the better passers in the league. That’s a gene you’ll want to bet on, even if it comes with some frustrating lapses as a gunslinger.

This week’s opponent

Colts control Titans, stay alive in AFC Playoff race as big-time scoreboard watching looms in Week 17 | Colts.com

The first path is to have the Los Angeles Chargers lose their final two games on the road against the New England Patriots (3-12) and Las Vegas Raiders (3-12). The other way requires a three-way tie of 9-8 teams between the Colts, Denver Broncos (9-6) and the Cincinnati Bengals (7-8) and/or Miami Dolphins (7-8). For that to happen, the Broncos have to lose their final two games (at Cincinnati, vs. Kansas City) and the Bengals (vs. Denver, at Pittsburgh) or Dolphins (at Cleveland, at New York Jets) have to win out.

Colts set franchise rushing record behind Jonathan Taylor phenomenal performance | Stampede Blue

Indy set a single-game franchise record with 335 team rushing yards, engineered behind running back Jonathan Taylor’s phenomenal performance with a season-best 218 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries.

“It shows the level of trust that he has,” Taylor said. “But that comes from the week of practice. Then of course ultimately that comes from executing in the game. But the week of practice, executing in the game and him knowing, like, ‘Okay, these guys have put the work in. I see that they’re executing at a high level. We are going to roll with it’”