NY Giants Owner John Mara and GM Dave Gettleman Press Conference: Key Takeaways

The NY Giants Owner and GM, John Mara and Dave Gettleman, spoke today in a virtual press conference. We break down everything they said here.

NY Giants Front Office Speaks

The NY Giants suffered their fourth consecutive double-digit losing season after a slow start to 2020. This New York team started 0-5 and then 1-7 before turning around the ship and winning four in a row before losing three straight to cost them the playoffs.

The team’s leadership has many reasonable and legitimate questions to face in many facets of the organization. From coaches, to personnel decisions, to playcalling, and to overall leadership, everything in between then must be closely and fairly evaluated.

The NY Giants heads of their front office spoke to the media today. Giants Owner, John Mara, spoke first and gave some interesting tidbits. Dave Gettleman followed suit and provided some clues for what to expect for a pivotal 2021 offseason.

The yearly season-closing press conference can lead to change as we’ve seen in recent years along with providing closure on the year as a whole. There were many key things that were brought up and discussed today.

We break everything down here.

NY Giants Owner John Mara Press Conference Key Takeaways.

John Mara had a lot to say Wednesday on his thoughts on the team in his state of the address.

1. Mara was clearly proud and humbled by his team’s efforts to battle and contain the COVID- 19 virus that ravaged so many NFL teams and far too many good people elsewhere. Mara greatly commended and acknowledged his team’s determination to take the virus very seriously and understand the magnitude of the situation they are dealing with. It was refreshing to see an NFL Owner talk about and appreciate the immense sacrifices that the players, coaches, medical staff, and team personnel all went through to successfully and safely navigate through such an unprecedented NFL season.
2. John Mara is very pleased with hiring Joe Judge. That much was obvious as he was clearly impressed with the way Judge led his team through a tough season. Mara said on Judge, “I thought he showed great leadership and adaptability.” He is also excited about the synergy and budding pair between Gettleman and Judge. He believes they can work together well and the results on the field will prove that sooner than later.
3. Mara is seeing “progress” on the field, in the locker room, and with the general positive feeling inside the team headquarters. He greatly respects and enjoys both his current coaching staff and the group of players put together. He senses that Joe Judge’s message and command has brought a “different feeling” to 1925 Giants Drive, which is why he optimistic for both the short-term and long-term outlooks for this NY Giants team.

General Manager Dave Gettleman Press Conference Key Takeaways.

As expected, General Manager Dave Gettleman will return for a 4th year with the NY Giants. The Giants’ much embattled GM must start putting together more complete rosters to get better tangible results in the win column along with the on-field product.

1. Dave Gettleman truly believes in a process and also sees that progress has taken place in his process. Gettleman strongly remind people to talk about the difference between the first eight games and the last eight games. With that being said, he still acknowledged “there is a lot of work to be done” and this is a can’t-miss offseason.
2. The NY Giants are fully aware of their entirely disastrous 2018 offseason. Both from the draft and from free agency, the 2020 team got little-to-nothing from any 2018 offseason acquisitions. The team failed in many spots and has continued to still set this team back two years later in 2020. However, Gettleman recognized that the team had learned from their 2018 mistakes and they have improved since otherwise.
3. The NY Giants are going to be cautious and curious with the 2021 NFL salary cap, Right now, nobody knows what the accurate number is for the league’s hard cap. Gettleman openly admitted they must be conscious of this as they have several big upcoming decisions with Leonard Williams, Dalvin Tomlinson, Evan Engram, Saquon Barkley, and Daniel Jones amongst several others. When asked about Daniel Jones, Gettleman and Mara both profusely supported their quarterback and cleared any doubt he will be their guy in 2021.