Amid another lost season for the New York Giants, they can’t escape any drama.
Instead of simply releasing ex-maligned starting quarterback Daniel Jones, they benched him for Tommy DeVito and forced him to play scout team safety. The Giants are almost certainly preparing to draft a new quarterback this coming April, so they want the deck cleared.
But stud rookie receiver Malik Nabers seemingly has a stark warning about that thought process. After the Giants took a 30-7 loss on the chin from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Nabers said he doesn’t think the reason the 2-9 Giants keep losing is because of their quarterback play — even though Jones and DeVito are both awful in their own unique ways.
Oh? Then who could it be? Oh, right. Nabers didn’t elaborate upon who the Giants’ real issue was after bringing this to light, but he almost certainly knew what he was doing by making this statement in public:
Malik Nabers: “I know I’m tired of losing”
Says it’s not the quarterback pic.twitter.com/CA6tH0r87x
— Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) November 24, 2024
If Nabers is implying what I think he’s implying, then the Giants’ main problem is the duo between general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll.
Schoen has very few draft and free-agent hits in three years on the job in New York. He’s also the GM who gave Jones a contract extension after a fluky playoff campaign in 2022 and who built the offensive line that let DeVito get sacked four times against an underwhelming Tampa Bay defense on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Daboll had a respected reputation as a quarterback whisperer after helping Josh Allen on the Buffalo Bills. But he’s also three years into the job, and the Giants have no identity in any phase. Oh, and Daboll probably ran off one of the NFL’s best defensive coordinators over a personality squabble.
At this rate, the Giants might need a full reset. They should consider firing both Schoen and Daboll in the offseason. That’s because their underwhelming body of work does not merit getting a fourth year together.
If Nabers won’t say it, I’ll say it for him.
