New York Giants’ Ben McAdoo Nowhere Near HC Successor
Ben McAdoo was brought in by the New York Giants to bring a new spark on offense. It was expected that he would instill his version of the West Coast offense onto a team that has grown a bit stale on offense over the past few years. Needless to say, it hasn’t lived up to expectations as the Giants haven’t been able to back up their drives with touchdowns.
Take a look below at the table below on their offensive rankings so far this season from NFL.com:
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When it comes to the West Coast offense, everything gets set up by a dominating running game. It helps open up play-action plays as well as put the Giants in a position to eat up a lot of game time. Whenever a team has the ball on offense more than their opponent, it’s a great sign that they will most likely leave victorious.
The fact of the matter is that the Giants rank 21st in the league with just 100.3 yards per game. That alone won’t be enough to fuel this new offensive system to be as potent as it could be. Another key area that needs a ton of work is their proficiency when it comes to scoring. The Giants also only rank 21st in the league with just 20.5 points per game which quite honestly, isn’t going to cut it.
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Everything comes down to the playcalling skills of McAdoo and so far, has been very questionable. Some plays that are being called on a consistent basis make fans and even analysts scratch their heads in confusion.
Most players aren’t grasping the philosophies behind it and a few are even wondering if McAdoo will be around next year to continue implementing it.
With that being said, make no mistake about it, the Giants won’t be promoting McAdoo to head coach anytime soon. He at one point was considered a head coaching candidate last year when he was with the Green Bay Packers but his stock has drastically dropped based on his offensive prowess or lack thereof.
If the overall offense was clicking on all cylinders then that’s an entirely different story but reality says that McAdoo is a few years away from such a jump into a head coaching position. Tom Coughlin has been on the hot seat this season and might be on the way out but if that is what is in his cards, expect the Giants to get someone from outside the organization before promoting from within.
Overall, while McAdoo seems like he’s capable of being a head coach at some point of his coaching career, it won’t be anytime soon, especially if Coughlin is gone next year. If that’s the case, it’s expected that the entire regime would most likely be relieved of their duties as well, including McAdoo.
Either way, don’t expect to see him take the reigns next year as a successor to Coughlin since he’s nowhere near what the Giants will need for future success.