Insiders question job-security report about Giants' Brian Daboll, Joe Schoen

Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports reported on Sunday morning that New York Giants co-owner John Mara "intends" to retain general manager Joe Schoen this coming offseason. Jones added that "Giants head coach Brian Daboll is also presumed to return for 2025, as Mara does not wish for more upheaval." 

New York was then non-competitive in a 30-7 home loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that dropped Big Blue to 2-9 on the season. Following that defeat, multiple Giants players offered concerning comments about the state of the franchise and about the team's "soft" effort against Tampa Bay. 

Predictably, multiple analysts and insiders have since hinted Jones' initial claims are no longer valid. 

"At 4:23 p.m. in MetLife Stadium, those of us who entered the Giants locker room witnessed the end of Brian Daboll’s career as the team’s head coach," Steve Politi of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com wrote about what occurred in East Rutherford, NJ, on Sunday afternoon. 

Giants/NFL insider Connor Hughes of SNY said that New York undergoing an "organizational shakeup now seems inevitable." 

Darryl Slater of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com thinks that "at this point, it would be a surprise if Mara and his Giants co-owner, Steve Tisch, didn’t at least fire Daboll after the season." 

ESPN's Jordan Raanan directly said Schoen and Daboll are not safe. 

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio suggested Mara could show Daboll the door as soon as Friday morning if the Giants are embarrassed at the lowly Dallas Cowboys (4-7) on Thanksgiving Day. 

It feels like it was ages ago when the Daboll-Schoen partnership guided the 2022 Giants to a playoff berth and a road postseason win in their first year with the organization. New York finished last season at 6-11, could be the worst overall team in the NFL this fall and seemingly features a locker room that isn't all that fond of either Schoen or Daboll. 

Per a report from last week, Schoen "is not that popular in the locker room at all" after the executive who is guilty of numerous draft misses during his Giants tenure parted ways with multiple popular players over the past year or so. Most recently, the club benching and then releasing quarterback Daniel Jones last week upset at least one team captain, and Daboll's controversial decision to play Tommy DeVito over primary backup Drew Lock against Tampa Bay resulted in the Giants scoring only a meaningless fourth-quarter touchdown when they were trailing by 30 points. 

Last Monday, some believed the Cleveland Browns could fire head coach Kevin Stefanski if his team suffered a humiliating loss to the rival Pittsburgh Steelers in front of a prime-time audience. Stefanski's players responded by earning an emotional win.

One can't help but wonder if what occurs at AT&T Stadium on Thursday afternoon could determine if Daboll remains employed through next weekend.