Standing around the 10-yard line of one of the New York Giants’ parallel grass practice fields, a noticeably svelte Brian Daboll took a moment to look back through his 25-year career. Seven seasons with the New England Patriots, including three Super Bowls and five playoff appearances. Two seasons with the New York Jets as a quarterbacks coach. Two more as the Cleveland Browns’ offensive coordinator, and another as the offensive coordinator with the Miami Dolphins, another as the offensive coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs, back to New England for four more playoff appearances and two Super Bowls before a national championship as the offensive coordinator at Alabama and his run with the BuffaloBills—four years, three playoff appearances—that ultimately landed him the job as head coach of the Giants.
“Look at this out here,” he says, gesturing to a packed house in East Rutherford with fans jammed up against the fences just off the parking lot. “Every practice is like a game now.”
