Overview
- After a 2-8 start, the Giants fired Brian Daboll and named offensive coordinator Mike Kafka interim head coach.
- Defensive coordinator Shane Bowen said “there’s responsibility that falls on me” for the unit’s failures to close games and poor overall results.
- Kafka kept Bowen and has become more hands-on with the defense in practice, emphasizing communication, standards and pre-snap operation.
- Coaches signaled tweaks rather than a wholesale overhaul, keeping the scheme and staff intact as injuries to several defensive starters complicate near-term fixes.
- General manager Joe Schoen remains in place and will lead the coaching search, according to the team’s announcement reported this week.