The contract period is not arbitrarily determined. General manager Joe Schon's five-year deal from the Giants before the 2022 season certainly doesn't guarantee he'll return in 2025. But those who choose to do so, co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch, should think this way. They talked long and hard about what they were tasking Shane with and how long they expected it to take.
Schoen inherited a mess in terms of roster talent, salary cap health, and uncertainty at the most important position on the field, with Daniel Jones going three years without impressing as the starting quarterback. It was a massive rebuild, and there were people around the NFL who believed it was a four-year project, especially if Jones didn't work out. After that, Shane and his hand-picked head coach, Brian Daboll, went 9-7-1 with a playoff victory in his first year, and were excited about where the Giants were headed and how quickly they could get there. The perception of has changed.
“You can't win 11 games in your first year,” a source familiar with the NFL's hiring and firing process told the Post. “If you have a great opening season on a bad team and you're making those moves, if you get a good start the next year, you're going to win the Super Bowl, right? You're going to win 12, 13 games. That's not going to happen. .”
No, that's not the case with the Giants. They could lose 15 games this season, which would put Shane and Daboll in the crosshairs.
