Update surfaces on Joe Schoen's future with Giants

While the New York Giants held onto general manager Joe Schoen after they parted ways with head coach Brian Daboll, subsequent reports hinted that it was not guaranteed that Schoen would remain in his role through the winter. 

It seems like somebody within the Giants wants it known that Schoen won't be going anywhere anytime soon. 

What inside sources have heard about Joe Schoen's Giants future

"While there have been some whispers about Schoen's status being tenuous, his contract runs through 2026, and multiple league sources who have spoken to the Giants believe he is likely to remain unless there is a strong head coaching candidate who wants to bring in his own general manager," ESPN's Jordan Raanan reported on Thursday. "Though, that seems unlikely considering Schoen is leading the search and compiling the list of candidates."

Giants co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch previously revealed that Schoen would "lead the search for a new head coach." That said, Schoen has been responsible for a handful of noteworthy draft misses during his tenure. Most recently, rookie pass-rusher and 2025 first-round choice Abdul Carter was benched for a series after he missed a walk-through. 

Additionally, the Giants have gone 11-34 since the start of the 2023 season under Schoen's watch. Nevertheless, it seems like candidates for the Giants gig aren't turned off by the fact that Schoen allegedly won't be shown the door in January. 

According to Raanan, "one source with intimate knowledge of the opening described the Giants' job as 'highly coveted'" due to the club's "young core" of talent that includes rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart, injured wide receiver Malik Nabers, left tackle Andrew Thomas, injured rookie running back Cam Skattebo and Carter. 

Unnamed executive sends warning to Giants about keeping Joe Schoen

For a different article published on Thursday, Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic spoke with an unnamed "senior executive" about the Giants potentially attaching a new head coach to Schoen. 

"(A) red flag, to me, when an organization just fires a coach is that they’re not being introspective enough about the shortcomings around the coach," the executive told Rodrigue. "That would be my red flag. It’s not necessarily on the GM. It’s on the owner, president, everyone. 'Oh, if we just change the coach, everything will be better.' No, there’s always stuff to change in your organization. A head coaching change is a symptom that something is wrong in your organization. It’s rarely just the coach."

As of Thursday morning, ESPN BET had the 2-9 Giants as 10-point underdogs for this coming Sunday's game at the Detroit Lions (6-4). If that contest gets as ugly as some insiders expect, whispers about Schoen's future likely will only grow louder despite what Raanan shared.