Neither Ben McAdoo nor Pat Shurmur received a third season as Giants head coach, but Joe Judge is trending toward returning next season. Despite the Giants tracking toward a fifth straight season with double-digit losses, Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports notes the league word is the team will bring back Judge in 2022.
Even if Judge stays, the Giants’ power structure will look different next year. GM Dave Gettleman is unlikely to return, and Judge recently axed offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. Judge was not the driver to hire Garrett, with ownership preferring the ex-Cowboys HC for the Giants’ play-calling role. Should Judge indeed be kept, his seat will certainly be hot entering next season.
A poor Giants finish could change ownership’s plans. Three games against NFC East competition remain for the Giants, though their injury situation may not cooperate in time. Although the Giants spent big this offseason by bringing in Kenny Golladay and Adoree’ Jackson — after pricey signings of James Bradberry and Blake Martinez in 2020 — they have seen key injuries alter their plans.
The Giants are bracing for a lengthy Daniel Jones absence, which could mean the third-year quarterback is done for the year. Mike Glennon suffered a concussion Sunday, and though Judge said Wednesday (via The Athletic’s Dan Duggan, on Twitter) the offseason pickup is expected to return to make another start in Week 14, recent Bills practice squad arm Jake Fromm is close to seeing action. The team has also seen Saquon Barkley miss another sizable chunk of a season and has not had the opportunity to deploy its full receiving corps too often due to various injuries.
Judge, 40 later this month, does not call plays and is 10-18 as Giants HC. New York ranks 26th offensively and has slipped to 24th on defense. The Giants were in a strange position of being close to winning a division at 6-10 last season, but they are not exactly on the playoff radar this year. The Giants gave Judge a five-year contract, which is a year longer than McAdoo’s 2016 deal. However, the team bolted from Shurmur after two seasons of a five-year deal.
They’re obviously tanking
This is exactly the problem. Mara is calling the shots and not allowing the new gm full control of personnel. The issues this team has is at the tippy top, Mara should not be afforded full responsibility to overrule their new GM on bringing in a new head coach if he so chooses.
This is why gettleman got hired. He was one of the candidates who presented a plan to win with Eli versus the other candidates suggesting otherwise.
You cannot continue to half-way blow this thing up and expect to come out better on the other side of it. It’s like a blame shift game of musical chairs.
You want to right the ship ?
Blow the whole thing up !!
New GM = New HC = New QB
If they stay (GM & HC) they are going to do something drastic to keep their jobs,
Like going out and overpaying for a QB…
Maybe Aaron Rodgers?
Gettleman built such a wonky roster that Judge can get away with not being demonstrably good at any part of the job.
I’m always in on giving HC and managers long
Leashes but in this case the mismanagement is so obvious.
Cut your loses and fire Judge.
I would prefer they fire Judge, dump Jones, and do a complete overhaul. But I can understand why they wouldn’t.
Tons of injuries, including two major injuries to the OL in the first two weeks of the season, a rotating series of injuries to all four of their top WR, Blake Martinez (who was huge last year), Saquon has missed time, Jones is now out again, etc. It’s tough to evaluate a coach when you have this many injuries, especially when your GM constructs a bad offensive line to begin with and your (now former) Offensive Coordinator (Garrett) had terrible, predictable play-calling.
They’re going to have two great picks this year (theirs and the Bears’). It’s supposedly a weak QB class, so I would be OK with drafting one or two OL in the first round (or one OL and an Edge rusher), and then trying to add another OL in free agency. Then rolling with Jones and Judge and if they fail, cutting them both loose next year. This would set up the next coach and QB with at least a good line.
If they fire Judge and get rid of Jones now (ie, spending one of those picks on his replacement), instead of addressing the OL, they’re just going to be in a Jets situation, rotating QBs and coaches and not fixing the major problems. But, still, Judge and Jones have probably done enough already to get set loose.
Agreed, but I’m not exactly as low on Judge as others. He could be okay, but there needs to be an understanding that he is not an Xs and Os coach. He’ll need a hands on coordinator to succeed who is-which is why Garrett’s failure was so impactful on the team.
Judge probably was not the right hire, I do agree. I just don’t want to see NYG end up like NYJ, where constant rotation hurts any chances at improvement. Stabilize first, then enact your improvements. Right now, the Giants are more floundering than anything else. The easiest way to correct that is in the trenches, which has been the most impactful area where they’ve come short under Gettleman.
There is some decision-making to be done on Barkley and Jones but honestly, those decisions can wait because there’s some advantages and disadvantages. There are other areas where the decisions are clear (like the O-line, for instance), and NYG should start with those. I agree with what you’ve said, rct, I just wanted to add on, I guess.
They should sit Jones for the rest of the year so he doesn’t get killed.Then can the GM and entire staff.Let the new guys cash in on a deep draft(less qbs) With 10 picks,build an O Line and D Line.Time to rebuild .
I would tend to agree, honestly. Even if they decide they don’t want Jones, there’s no reason to hurt his future value for this season.
I’m just glad I’m not a NYG or NYJ fan. All that money for 2 dumpster fires.
Tom Coughlin is ready to make a comeback?
Russell Wilson just named the Giants as one of the 3 teams he would wave his no trade to go to……wonder if Mara would have the courage to fire Gettleman, and drop an All Pro QB in Judges lap.
If they do that then expect the same crappy offensive line again. Adding Wilson will handcuff them even more with regard to the salary cap (salary cap already in a bad position now), and less those two 1st round picks as those would need to go in the trade.
Adam Gase, anyone?
Or maybe Rex Ryan. The Giants have enough problems without adding former Jet HCs into the mix.
I don’t want Judge around with a new GM never works. Time to move on from Jones and draft a qb. Team is terrible O line stinks, RB stinks, best player is GANO.