Chris Giraldo|| Multi-Sports Writer
This upcoming February, the New York Giants will be 6 years removed from their last Super Bowl title. The franchise has gone through some hard times ever since they knocked off Tom Brady and the New England Patriots for the 2nd time.
From 2013 to 2015, the Giants went 7-9, 6-10 and 6-10. Those were considered down seasons but nobody could have ever expected the epic failure that 2017 has become. Only 8 games into the season, and it is already considered one of the worst in franchise history. To make things worse, this wasn’t a team who was expected to be bad. After an 11-5 year in 2016, the Giants were seen as serious Super Bowl contenders-- and with good reason.
They returned all but 2 starters from their unbelievable, talent loaded defense. The front office finally invested highly on a Tight End in the draft, signed Brandon Marshall to form what looked to be an impressive WR trio alongside Odell Beckham and Sterling Shepard. But, nevertheless, it all went wrong.
Dumpster fire is not the right term to describe this team, it’s more of a towering inferno. From top to bottom, the New York Giants having become the laughing stock of the NFL and the city.
With that in mind, the Giants will need a major turnover and it begins with the firing of both Jerry Reese and Ben McAdoo. Reese has been on the hot seat many times in the past, most recently in 2015 and he did well in saving his job last year by spending a quarter of a billion dollars to improve the defense. That worked, but this past offseason, he ignored the team’s biggest issue personnel wise-- the offensive line.
Turn on a radio station and you’ll hear that teams in New York don’t fire head coaches so quickly. It’s just not how the town works. But, circumstances are different now. It’s not about pride, it’s about containing the inferno and regaining respect. Despite his success last year as a rookie head coach, Ben McAdoo absolutely must go. There is not a single doubt that the team has quit on him and he’s lost the locker room. It truly is a clown show. The suspensions, feud with the media, and the constant blatant denial has piled up. Making Eli Manning the scapegoat? That’s a huge offence. Being humiliated at home by the Rams? That’s enough.
When you have players anonymously calling out the head coach, you have a big problem. The likelihood of McAdoo being able to mend this divided locker room, seems pretty small. One has to wonder if the players felt this way last year, but kept quiet because they were winning.
The New York Football Giants are built on a foundation of high class, respect and winning. Right now as things stand, they have none of that.
The beginning of any right rebuild is cleaning house, wipe the slate clean on the entire coach staff and the GM. Not everyone call pull off what the Yankees did, rebuilds are more often that not long and painful. It’s time the Giants finally fix what’s wrong.
This upcoming offseason and draft will be critical for the Giants future. They’ll have the chance to lock up some important players, fix the offensive line and draft the Quarterback of the future. In order for those things to go right, the Giants must find a new regime, and it begins with firing the two biggest culprits of this disaster.
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