When the New York Giants hired Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll as a packaged deal from the Buffalo Bills back in 2022, fans thought they were getting the architectural masterminds of a future powerhouse. Schoen got the bump from assistant GM, Daboll took the leap as a first-time head coach, and the assignment was simple: drag this broken franchise out of the gutter.
Instead, the duo completely lost the plot and turned losing into East Rutherford’s favorite new pastime, sinking the team to a miserable 22-45-1 record over four years.
Aside from a fluky 2022 playoff run, the product on the field has been an unwatchable avalanche of bad football. Yet, when the axe finally fell following a brutal Week 10 loss to the Chicago Bears in 2025, only one half of the Buffalo marriage was sent packing. It was shocking that Schoen wasn't fired alongside his coach once their miserable 4-13 2025 season ended. And nothing has improved from a wins-and-losses standpoint since.
So when NFL insiders Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported the 46-year-old received a multi-year extension to remain as Big Blue's GM on Wednesday, saying it was shocking would be a major understatement. It's an absolute jaw-dropper of a survival story, and it means Brian Daboll is officially the biggest loser of the entire extension.
The chicken-or-the-egg question Giants fans can’t ignore
Talk about an organizational rewrite of recent Giants history. Maybe if they pay him, people will forget the team's been terrible -- diabolical. Think about the insane amount of disasters that have defined Schoen’s track record.
I'm talking about the franchise-crippling $160 million Daniel Jones contract. I'm talking about letting homegrown stars like Saquon Barkley and Xavier McKinney walk out the door for nothing. Don't forget trading for a checked-out Darren Waller (that worked out well), drafting Evan Neal at No. 7 overall, and completely missing on the 2023 draft class, trading up for Deonte Banks and Jalin Hyatt.
It also doesn't help he's essentially just a yes-man for the Maras, either.
However, it leaves Giants fans with the ultimate chicken-or-the-egg argument: Did these high-profile players fail because Daboll lacked the chops to develop them, or did Schoen simply draft the wrong guys?
By handing Schoen a new contract, John Mara loudly picked his side. Ownership decided all those personnel screw-ups were actually coaching failures, wiping Schoen's record clean while his old buddy took the entire blame for the dark ages.
Dabs is currently the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans, likely rolling his eyes so far into the back of his head that it hurts. It's a deeply embarrassing look for 2022's Coach of the Year. He took a demotion for the exact same losing record that just got his GM undeserved job security and the keys to a shiny new era with John Harbaugh and Jaxson Dart. How's that for an L?
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