Giants OC Jason Garrett focused on improving offense

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Giants OC Jason Garrett thinking about improving, not losing play-calling duties

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 9/30/21

The song has remained the same for the New York Giants in that their offense mostly underwhelmed as they lost the first three games of yet another season.

According to ESPN stats, the Big Blue offense is tied for 25th in scoring and averaging a paltry 18.7 points per game, and top-tier wide receiver and big-money free-agency acquisition Kenny Golladay has spent more time yelling at offensive coordinator Jason Garrett and seemingly blaming coaches for his lack of deep routes than he has in the end zone.

Here is where the Giants rank offensively since hiring Jason Garrett as their OC (2020)

32nd in yards to go on 3rd down

31st in points per game

31st in explosive pass plays

30th in points per drive

28th in yards per play
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) September 27, 2021

As Ryan Dunleavy wrote for the New York Post, many are clamoring for head coach Joe Judge to, at the very least, strip Garrett of play-calling duties and hand those responsibilities to senior offensive assistant Freddie Kitchens.

By all accounts, that's not happening ahead of Sunday's matchup at the New Orleans Saints, and Garrett told reporters Thursday he's thinking only about the task at hand and not his immediate future.

Jason Garrett on whether they need to start scoring points immediately in order to remain the play-caller: "I don't really think about that," he said. "We just have to get better."
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) September 30, 2021

Per ESPN, quarterback Daniel Jones enters Week 4 21st overall with a 94.3 passer rating but 11th with a 60.3 total QBR. However, the third-year pro is averaging only 7.5 yards per pass attempt, good for 19th in that category.

For now, the play-calling job is Garrett's to lose, but he may be four quarters away from losing it depending on what occurs at the Caesars Superdome Sunday afternoon. Kitchens, meanwhile, called offensive plays with the Cleveland Browns in 2018 before he flopped as a head coach with that organization the following season.

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