{"id":516362,"date":"2025-11-11T05:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/516362\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T05:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:06:14","slug":"five-things-that-ruined-brian-dabolls-failed-giants-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/516362\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things that ruined Brian Daboll&#8217;s failed Giants tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Giants <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/10\/sports\/giants-fire-brian-daboll-after-another-awful-meltdown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired Brian Daboll on Monday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Here are five things that doomed his coaching tenure:<\/p>\n<p>Inconsistent QB play<\/p>\n<p>Mostly with Daniel Jones, but with Drew Lock, Tommy DeVito and Russell Wilson as well, the Giants had brutal QB play under Daboll, a supposed QB-whisperer. <\/p>\n<p>He finally got his guy with Jaxson Dart, and though Dart has impressed, Daboll\u2019s reckless play calling eventually got Dart hurt. <\/p>\n<p>And still, there was not enough winning.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.54682779;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37631663\" width=\"913\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11-02-25-san-francisco-114688833_f62e21.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants coach Brian Daboll on the sideline during the fourth quarter.\" class=\"wp-image-37631663\"  \/>Brian Daboll reacts during the Giants\u2019 Nov. 2 loss to the 49ers. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n<p>Late-game collapses<\/p>\n<p>The Giants have lost four games this year after leading by 10 points. <\/p>\n<p>It took a comedy of errors and miscues each time to lose.<\/p>\n<p>In-game decision-making<\/p>\n<p>His decisions can certainly be questioned at the end of multiple late-game collapses this year. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, taking three points to go up 20-10 in the beginning of the fourth quarter instead of trying to score a touchdown on a potential fourth-and-goal from inside the 1-yard line against the Bears comes to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Icy relations with staff<\/p>\n<p>Daboll and his first defensive coordinator, Wink Martindale, had a falling out and they parted ways after two years together. <\/p>\n<p>Martindale\u2019s replacement, Shane Bowen, has been a disaster. <\/p>\n<p>Follow The Post\u2019s latest on the Giants firing head coach Brian Daboll:<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37631668\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/new-york-giants-defensive-coordinator-114920152.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants defensive coordinator Shane Bowen speaking to the media at the New York Giants training facility.\" class=\"wp-image-37631668\"  \/>Giants defensive coordinator, pictured Nov. 6, has been a disaster since joining Brian Daboll\u2019s staff. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n<p>Daboll also stripped offensive coordinator Mike Kafka of play-caller duties before giving them back.<\/p>\n<p>Special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey was fired and Michael Ghobrial was brought in last year.<\/p>\n<p>A plethora of position coaches were replaced. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo behind the scenes with Big Blue\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>And the results largely stayed the same.<\/p>\n<p>Inability to stop seasons from spiraling<\/p>\n<p>When things got bad the past three years, they pretty much only ever got worse and worse. <\/p>\n<p>That led to fan unrest, empty stadiums, or worse \u2014 MetLife Stadium being taken over by opposing fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Giants fired Brian Daboll on Monday. 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