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Steve Serby

Steve Serby

 NFL

Giants are lucky to have Brian Daboll at helm amid dramatic culture shift

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Steve Serby
Published Oct. 24, 2022
Updated Oct. 25, 2022, 12:20 p.m. ET

Success won’t spoil the 6-1 Giants. Brian Daboll won’t allow it. 

“I sound like a broken record, but this league humbles you very quickly,” Daboll said on Monday. “You’re gonna get everybody’s best each week regardless of what your record is … I think focusing on things that happened in the past don’t do you any good — you gotta learn from ’em — and thinking about things that can happen in the future do you no good because you better stay right in the present, focus on the things that you can control, and that’s something that I preach to our players, to our staff, to myself. I think that takes discipline, and it takes a consistent approach to do that each day.” 

Daniel Jones is a completely different quarterback this season and the Giants are a completely different team. 

Pat Shurmur was supposed to be Jones’ quarterback whisperer. Joe Judge was the CEO that John Mara craved until he wasn’t. 

Daboll has done more with less than anyone. 

And so has Daniel Jones. 

It is why Daboll is NFL Coach of the Year. 

There are myriad reasons why he is a rookie head coach in name only: 

Hiring fearless, swaggerlicious Wink Martindale as his defensive coordinator and delegating the playcalling to unflappable, sharp rookie offensive coordinator Mike Kafka has proven to be beyond reproach. There is a reason why special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey has survived through the Shurmur and Judge eras. 

The Giants are lucky to have Brian Daboll.
The Giants are lucky to have Brian Daboll. Romeo Guzman/CSM/Shutterstock

Offensive line coach Bobby Johnson and assistant Tony Sparano Jr. They lost their left guard and right in the first half in Jacksonville and made sure that replacements Josh Ezeudu and Tyre Phillips didn’t blink. And Kafka had no reservations about running the ball down the wilting Jaguars’ throat with the same play late in the fourth quarter. 

“We’re not independent contractors, we’re one unit,” Johnson said in training camp. His philosophy? “Keep it simple. Give the players the tools they need to get their job done on game day. So keep it simple, make it black and white and push ’em to be smart, tough and dependable.” 

And be good teammates. Daboll has never stopped demanding coaches and players be good teammates. 

“What we were looking for,” he had said in a statement, “was intelligence, good communicators, good teachers that understood and were experts in their respective areas, and good teammates.” 

The Daboll Giants find a way to win. And even when they do win, he is not satisfied even when his team survives those aggravating self-inflicted wounds. He is not afraid to play to win. The players trust him, for his knowledge and for his compassion. 

Aside from fostering the culture change and energizing the building, Daboll has established the formula for this team to thrive: do not beat yourself, get the game into the fourth quarter and Giants Country, Let’s Ride. And let’s ride a healthy, motivated Saquon Barkley, who has been a godsend. 

Daboll’s halftime adjustments and emphasis on situational awareness have paid dividends. This is a tough-minded and resilient team that recognizes Winning Time. 

Daboll didn’t inherit many smart, tough, dependable Giants, but under his tutelage and guidance, they are growing in number. Veteran signees such as Jaylon Smith and Landon Collins were acclimated quickly. 

And they sure are growing on the fan base. Road Warriors. Cardiac Giants. Take your pick. 

There are never any guarantees. But Daboll and GM Joe Schoen are joined at the hip and building a foundation from the ground floor. 

And if dual-threat Jones keeps playing and leading and winning like this? Throwing to no one halfway resembling a No. 1 receiver? He’ll be Daboll’s quarterback next season at a TBD price. Funny how a quarterback-friendly system can befriend a young quarterback. 

Brian Daboll, left, embraces Saquon Barkley during the Giants' win over the Jaguars.
Brian Daboll, left, embraces Saquon Barkley during the Giants’ win over the Jaguars. Romeo Guzman/CSM/Shutterstock

Every coach preaches team, but this is the essence of a team, and Tom Coughlin would love it. 

Daboll keeps reminding everyone that it is a week-to-week league where you ride the roller coaster at your own peril. He has restored Giants Pride to a franchise wandering aimlessly for too long in the wilderness. 

The Giants are lucky to have him.