Jason Garrett has been fired as the head coach of the New York Giants. The move is not going to save Joe Judge or the team, and will likely make things worse. Read more in detail here: jason garrett.
The NFL, in general, has been an example of how things don’t always turn out the way we want them to. Case and point: The Dallas Cowboys just fired their head coach Jason Garrett after a five-year tenure that saw him lead the team to three division titles and one championship game appearance. So what’s next for this once high-flying franchise?
Joe Judge, the head coach of the New York Giants, is trying all he can to maintain some sort of control. Judge has sacked offensive coordinator Jason Garrett after a 31-10 defeat to Tom Brady and the reigning Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Giants are currently 3-7, and their offense has been completely ineffective. Garrett’s dismissal makes logical in that light. After all, Judge had to do something to jolt his squad into action in order to re-energize them.
But, in the end, Judge and the Giants seem to have done too little, too late.
Jason Garrett, the offensive coordinator for the New York Giants, has been dismissed.
During a game against the Dallas Cowboys, head coach Joe Judge chats with offensive coordinator Jason Garrett of the New York Giants | Wesley Hitt/Getty Images
According to ESPN, Judge and the Giants have dismissed Garrett. Although the former Dallas Cowboys head coach has only been the offensive coordinator in New York for less than two seasons, his head coach seems to have seen enough.
Who can blame him, really?
This season, the Giants have averaging just 18.9 points per game. They are at the bottom of the league in both total yards and first downs gained. In terms of first downs, Kansas City leads the league with 281. Through ten games, the Giants have just 193 points.
Garrett’s first year as the offensive coordinator was even more disastrous. With just 17.5 points per game scored, the Giants were rated 31st in the league in 202. The Giants’ offense has averaged just 5.1 yards per play, 17.2 points per game, and 308.5 yards per game in 26 games under Garrett.
He didn’t deserve a job calling plays in the NFL with those stats.
The Giants’ defeat to Tampa Bay was a watershed moment for Judge and the team.
The Giants have only scored 10 points twice this season under Garrett. They were defeated 25-3 by the Carolina Panthers and only managed to score 10 points against the Buccaneers.
Against the reigning champions, New York’s offense was atrocious. On 4.0 yards per play, the Giants managed just 215 yards of total offense. On third down, they were 1-of-9, while on fourth down, they were 1-of-3. Daniel Jones, the quarterback, completed 23 of 38 passes for 167 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. Coming off an ankle ailment, star running back Saquon Barkley carried just six times for 25 yards. The Giants signed wide receiver Kenny Golladay a big-money deal this summer, but he only had one grab for 12 yards. It’s disgraceful that he was targeted twice.
According to ESPN, Judge remarked after the game, “We have to do a better job of scoring points.” “I know it seems really straightforward and to the point. But I’m going to make it short and sweet right now. We need to do a better job of positioning our guys to make plays. We have an excess of talented players. We need to put them in a better position to take advantage of the opportunity. That’s all there is to it.”
When asked whether Garrett will stay on as the team’s offensive coordinator, the head coach stated, “I’m not going to get into that right now.”
Garrett was dismissed less than 24 hours after making such remarks.
For Judge and the Giants, this is arguably too little, too late.
The New York Giants’ head coach, Joe Judge, watches the game versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium | Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Even without Garrett, it’s difficult to imagine the Giants improving much this season. Former Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens will be in charge of playcalling, and although he may be able to inject some life into the offense, New York’s prospects remain grim.
For the Giants, a few things are evident.
Jones isn’t the man in his third season as the starting quarterback. He’s thrown nine touchdowns and seven interceptions so far this season. He’s thrown 44 touchdowns and 29 interceptions in three seasons with the Jets. That’s not going to cut it as a former No. 6 overall choice, and the sad fact is that Jones is more of a high-level backup than an NFL starter.
Barkley, the Giants’ No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, has been just as disappointing. He’s certainly one of the most dynamic players in the NFL when he’s healthy. That is, however, the issue. For the most of his career, Barkley has been plagued by ailments. According to ESPN, he’s only appeared in 37 of a possible 58 games and has the second-lowest average number of games each season of every first-round running back picked between 2015 and 2020. He only plays 10.3 games every season on average.
Barkley, an unrestricted free agent in 2023, has a season and a half to show he can still be one of the league’s best running backs, but his chances are decreasing.
The problem is that such problems aren’t actually Judge’s fault. Keep in mind that he inherited both players. It’s not like he went out of his way to choose Jones a round or two sooner than he should have. In today’s pass-happy NFL, he’s also not the one who chose to choose a running back with the No. 2 overall pick.
Despite this, Judge has done little to improve the Giants. While going 6-10 as a rookie head coach isn’t unheard of, his club has regressed this season, which is never a good thing.
The issue with high-level NFL coaches and players is that they’re rather obvious. While Patrick Mahomes was still backup QB Alex Smith, the Chiefs knew they had a star on their hands. It was self-evident. Matt LaFleur, the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, is one of the league’s youngest coaches, but he already has a 34-9 record and two visits to the NFC Championship Game under his credit.
Patience is not a regularly used term in NFL circles, and one has to wonder how much longer the Giants will be patient with Judge.
As a head coach, he doesn’t move the needle, and that’s already clear after just a season and a half.
While firing Garrett would buy him the remainder of the season, it is unlikely to salvage his club in 2021. When everything is said and done, it’s also unlikely to rescue his job.
ESPN and Pro Football Reference provided the statistics.
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