The first finalist for the Giants’ head coach position has been revealed. As Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports (via Twitter), Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll will have a second interview with the team today.
Update (12:00pm CT): SNY’s Ralph Vacchiano tweets that Daboll’s interview will take place on Tuesday. 
[Related: Giants’ HC Search Beginning With Brian Daboll, Leslie Frazier]
Daboll was the first candidate to take part in the initial round of interviews with New York. That certainly didn’t come as a surprise, between the HC interest he’s generated with the Dolphins and the Bills connection to newly-hired general manager Joe Schoen. Widely believed to be a target for the Giants once Schoen was brought in, the 46-year-old had finished his initial interview within a matter of hours of his former Bills colleague being hired.
That first interview was conducted via teleconference with Schoen and co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch. This time, the meeting will take place in person; the same is expected to be true of New York’s first interview with Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, to take place today. Quinn, one of the most sought-after candidates in this year’s hiring cycle, has already been linked to five other HC vacancies around the league.
Worth noting is the fact that Daboll cannot be hired right away, regardless of the outcome of today’s interview. As NJ.com’s Darryl Slater tweets, the Giants still need to conduct at least one in-person interview with a minority candidate to remain in compliance with the Rooney Rule. It must involve someone from outside the organization, so their upcoming meeting with current DC Patrick Graham doesn’t factor into that total. The likeliest way to meet the requirement would be a second interview with Bills DC Leslie Frazier, whose first meeting with the front office was conducted electronically, or an in-person sit down with Brian Flores.
Starting to question the whole “let Josh Allen ball out and hope it’s enough” approach isnt that innovative.
Anything would be a huge step up from what we’ve been doing, which has been ‘short pass on 1st down, run it for no gain on 2nd and long, then throw it just shy of the marker on 3rd down; repeat for the entire game’.
I agree. While putting a player in position to succeed is absolutely a strong trade, Allen does things that few other players can do with his arm and legs, and frankly bails out a lot of so-so play calls, because he can scramble and improvise.
That’s why Daboll going to the Giants is dangerous, because he can’t be guaranteed to get that type of player to build.
He does have an Allen type option in Chicago, and another player with transformative potential in Jacksonville. Heck, he can go back and work with Tua.
History already shows us he’s a run-of-the-mill guy without an athletic QB, so if you aren’t going to be certain to find such a player to build around, I don’t remotely believe he will find success.
Smacks of the infamous Ben MacAdoo’s hiring a few years back, because he made his mark as Aaron Rogers’ QB coach. Must have been a tough job, kind of like being Mike Trout’s hitting coach.
Let’s hope it’s the right choice. The new GM is almost certainly better at talent evaluation than Gettleman…. of course so’s my 12 year old grandson. But it’s a step.
That’s not why he was named the Giants’ coach though; it was due to his work as the team’s offensive coordinator, which was admittedly pretty good given what he had to work with
Giants need a coach with head coaching experience: Flores Pedersen Quinn.
Take him…Josh Allen made him what he is, 3yrs from now he’ll be looking for a job.