Brian Daboll reflects on Giants’ resilient victory over Browns

Head coaches assess Sunday’s victory

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll credited his team’s resilience and determination in their victory over the Cleveland Browns. Speaking after the game, Daboll highlighted the emotional significance of the day, marking the third anniversary of his grandmother’s death.

“Just a normal NFL game. Competitive. Showed a lot of resiliency on the road, particularly how the game started,” Daboll said. “This is the third anniversary of my grandmother’s death, which is today, the 22nd. She raised me and I was kind of giving her the business after the first two plays – like what the hell you got in store for me? But the guys competed, I was proud of the way they competed.

“That’s a good football team. Defensively they are a good football team and I thought we got into a rhythm and made some plays early in the game. Stalled out a few in the second half, but at the end of the day, made a play there at the end to seal it. ‘Motor’ (Devin Singletary) did a great job. There are a lot of ebbs and flows to the game, some fumbles. A fumble again coming out in the second half, a fumble we have to take care of, but a lot of resiliency from the guys in uniform in the room. Proud of those guys.”

On wide receiver Malik Nabers …

Nabers had eight receptions for 78 yards and two touchdowns in a spectacular performance. Daboll, though, pointed to a play where Nabers prevented an interception.

:For him to have the awareness to knock the ball down, that play says more to me about Malik that some of the other things,” Daboll said. “Everyone can see the touchdowns, but the unselfish play, the smart play he made was a huge play in the game. Huge.”

On the team’s resilience …

“That’s what we talk about since OTA’s. We talk about resilience and commitment to one another, teamwork and discipline, attitude. There are going to be ebbs and flows to every game, there’s ebbs and flows to every season. That’s something we preach internally,” Daboll said. “You know, our guys have internal confidence, but it’s good to get the result.

“The process has been right, I believe in our process and I’ve said that before. So their commitment to one-another, their next-play mentality – the things we preach for a long time. They have it come to fruition. Everyone wants to see the results and this is a results business. I believe in what we do and how we do things. That showed I think in terms of being on the road, it’s cranking there, a touchdown right after the fumble, just to stay locked in and committed to the next-play mentality doesn’t always turn out your way and today it did. I give our guys a lot of credit.”

On quarterback Daniel Jones …

“Another good week. He’s had two good weeks in a row,” Daboll said. “I don’t know, another hundred-plus quarterback rating, two touchdowns, no interceptions, handled the noise well. Did a great job of not turning the football over.

“He was locked in and he’s been that way.”

On the play of the defense …

“Yeah, it was great. I don’t know if we had eight sacks or something like that. It was pressure too,” Daboll said. “It’s not just the pass rush, it’s how you play the game complementary style. That’s the hardest thing to do is protect the quarterback when you know they have to throw it. So I thought so far one of our better games of complimentary football.”