Brian Daboll’s Giants fate isn’t a package deal with Joe Schoen

Here we are again, barely past the midpoint of another dreary season, and ire is up, pitchforks are out and skids are getting greased in the hearts and minds of those who want all of them out, now. Begone!

This is not a cry for patience or a plea for restraint. Those virtues flew out the window long ago. Rightly so. No one with any sort of emotional attachment or vested interest in the Giants should be asked to stay calm or keep the faith. Too much losing for too long can get to even the most ardent supporter. And so, the job security of head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen is once again a necessary conversation.

Here is the short version: They are not a package deal. It is not both or none. At 2-7, this is fodder for public consumption, and it has already infiltrated the locker room. Jaxson Dart, after just his sixth NFL start, was hit with his first Daboll job-stability question. Just like that, the 22-year-old rookie quarterback was given his initiation. Welcome to the Giants, kid!

Schoen and Daboll came in together in 2022, but that does not mean they necessarily will go out together. The feeling in the building seems to go something like this: