New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll is currently on an employment-by-week basis. One week, he looks every bit the 2022 Coach of the Year, while the next, he looks like the coach who can't get off the hot seat.
A 34-17 Week 6 win on Thursday night against the Philadelphia Eagles will cool his seat significantly. At least for now. Not only was the primetime home statement a signature win, but the development of rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart was on full display. Daboll was hired to be a value-add to the quarterback room in particular.
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While the vibes around the fourth-year coach are ever-changing, Miami Dolphins' head coach Mike McDaniel cannot say the same. Welcome to the Toasty Buns club. And after the Fins' 29-27 Week 6 collapse against the Los Angeles Chargers, his seat only got hotter... and then his quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, spoke to the media after the game, which might have done him in for good.
Brian Daboll’s hot seat looks Antarctic after Tua Tagovailoa’s postgame rant
The Dolphins look terrible this season. Their lone win is over the winless New York Jets. The team put itself in a position to win the game, going up 27-26 with 46 seconds left in the game. It still wasn't enough, as the Bolts went 44 yards down the field to kick the game-winning field goal with five seconds left.
It was another late-game collapse at McDaniel's expense, all but signaling he's just not the right man for the job. Tagovailoa took the gloves off during his postgame conference, calling out the lack of leadership and accountability throughout the team as the driving force behind the team's struggles:
🎥 Tua Tagovailoa reveals players have been arriving late and not showing up to players only meetings: "We have guys showing up to player online meetings late, guys not showing up to player only meetings." (@MiamiDolphins) #PhinsUp pic.twitter.com/P05u2eb9cH
— FinsXtra (@FinsXtra) October 12, 2025
Let's be clear, the 27-year-old spends a considerable amount of time talking about players' only meetings as the reasoning behind the teams' disconnect. But lost in the rant about teammates essentially not caring was his calling out the lack of leadership within the team. It's concerning, and also a direct shot at McDaniel and his staff.
That players feel the need to hold meetings without coaches says plenty about the failures already.
You have to believe there's no one happier than Daboll. Sure it's been rocky, but things in East Rutherford seem to at least be headed in the right direction. Miami looks like a lost cause. It wasn't a couple of weeks ago that No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward of the Tennessee Titans took to the postgame presser to call his situation out.
Dabs is getting some much-needed relief from the hot-seat spotlight. He's far from safe, but at least he’s not the one in abandon-all-ships-free-fall. That spotlight’s shifting fast, and it’s not fixated on East Rutherford anymore. He had to be buzzing watching that press conference.