New York Giants coach Brian Daboll responds to public outcry that he be fired
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New York Giants coach Brian Daboll responds to public outcry that he be fired

As the New York Giants were about to get blown out at home 35-14 of the visiting Baltimore Ravens, a plane flew over MetLife Stadium after a message to the owner of Big Blue: “MR. MARA ENOUGH — WE WON’T STOP UNTIL YOU GOT ALL OF YOU.”

That feeling, which was expressed by another plane during another overflight of the stadium last weekbecomes harder to ignore as the Giants boast the worst record in the world NFL (2-12) and is the only team in the league without a win at home (0-8).

Giants coach Brian Daboll
New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll watches before a game against the Baltimore Ravens. Daboll’s days at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey may be numbered.

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Essentially without a quarterback after being thrown Daniel Jones to waivers and a bigger, if less publicized, dumpster fire than their crosstown rival New York Jets, the Giants’ lone bright spot this season has been first-round draft pick Malik Nabers.

Fortunately for the Giants, Nabers, who had 10 catches and a touchdown in Sunday’s loss, had his eye on the ball and not in the sky against the Ravens. “I don’t see it. I don’t see the plane.” he said after the game. “Obviously I didn’t pay for it, I didn’t do anything with it.

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Giants head coach Brian Daboll, now 17-30-1 (.301 winning percentage) coaching the G-Men and mathematically inferior to his hated predecessor Joe Judge (10-23, .303), also pleaded ignorance when asked about the Jets during his press conference after the match.

But Daboll got an answer about the plane and its message. “I didn’t know about it until you told me just now.” he said. “So, control what you can control. Get ready to go ahead and have a good week and whoever’s available, get them ready to play.”

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Daboll’s “control what you can control” message was more of a mantra during his post-match comments as he repeated the phrase at least six times to reporters. It’s a good thought, but Daboll probably wouldn’t have to hammer it if things in New York hadn’t spiraled out of control, especially his own.

Losers of nine straight games with three remaining and a clear chance to stretch the futility to a franchise-record 12 straight, the Giants are in free fall with no net in sight.

What can be seen? the plan, not dronesover MetLife in New Jersey.

“I mean, everybody’s entitled to their own opinion,” longtime Giants wideout Darius Slayton (he arrived in 2019 NFL Proposal) said after Sunday’s loss. “I understand the fans’ perspective, the frustration and all that. At the end of the day, I think we have a talented group, I think they’ve built a talented group here and we just have to do a couple of things a little bit better to get it to go in the right direction again.”

Good luck.

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