Former New York Giants coach Brian Daboll was on the hot seat long before he named Jaxson Dart his starting quarterback last September. In the end, it was Daboll’s handling of Dart that may have been the final straw.
In a rare twist, though, it wasn’t Dart’s on-field numbers that cost Daboll his job.
Instead, Daboll came under fire for sticking with Dart as the rookie was repeatedly evaluated for concussions. Fast forward nearly seven months later, and the Daboll redemption tour is already in full swing.
Let’s not whitewash Brian Daboll’s time with the Giants
As he likely hoped last September, Daboll will spend the 2026 season working with a second-year quarterback. We also feel comfortable suggesting that Daboll assumed it’d be Dart, not Cam Ward.
Daboll didn’t remain unemployed for long, joining the Titans as their offensive coordinator earlier this year.
“Given Brian Daboll's history, he should be able to help the Titans' signal-caller make significant strides this year,” Bleacher Report’s Moe Moton wrote on Thursday.
Moton’s reasoning: The work that Daboll did with Josh Allen and Daniel Jones. Flawless logic, except Allen is a possible future Hall of Famer, so the offensive coordinator effect only goes so far. Allen has been among the sport’s best quarterbacks since Daboll left Buffalo following the 2021 season.
To be clear, that’s not an indictment against Daboll.
With that said, Tom Brady turned out fine without Charlie Weis and Josh McDaniels. Patrick Mahomes maintained his Hall of Fame pace after offensive coordinators Matt Nagy and Eric Bieniemy took other jobs.
Nagy, of course, joined the Giants as their offensive coordinator this offseason. Let’s also not pretend Daniel Jones blossomed into an above-average quarterback under Daboll’s watch. Jones was fine at best before the Giants cut him midway through the 2024 season. Great work.
As is often the case, multiple things can be true about Daboll as a coach. He deserves credit for how the Bills fared during his four seasons as offensive coordinator. Not all of the credit, but plenty of credit nonetheless.
What we’re not going to do, though, is rewrite the facts about Daboll’s four seasons in New York.
The Giants never had a positive point differential during Daboll’s tenure. Their offense ranked 30th and 31st in yards during the 2023 and 2024 campaigns.
Yet, we’re supposed to believe that Daboll did an excellent job as the Giants’ offensive-minded head coach? These are the narratives that will have the media pushing for Daboll to be a head coach again in 2027.
At least the Giants can go into their Week 3 showdown with the Titans knowing what to expect from Daboll: a mediocre and underwhelming offensive performance.
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