
Monday morning’s news of Brian Daboll being fired by the Giants goes to show just how fragile a head coaching job in the NFL can be. Even after leading New York to a postseason berth in 2022, winning the league's Coach of the Year Award, and spearheading the drafting of promising rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart this past May, the 50-year-old was let go after a 2–8 start to the '25 season.
Now don't get me wrong, Daboll’s tenure with the Giants was far from perfect. The team endured a 10-game losing streak in the middle of the ‘24 season, saw former first-round pick Daniel Jones’s development stall (which saw the quarterback be released mid-season) and so far in ‘25, New York has blown four double-digit leads—including three in the fourth quarter.