By Bill Murphy
After their Monday night loss against the Tampa Bay Bucs ,The New York Giants fired Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett after just two seasons with the team. Since Garrett took over as offensive coordinator, the Giants offense has been anemic. In the 26 games, that he has been offensive coordinator of the Giants has scored an average 18.2 points a game ranking them 25th in the league this year 23rd in yards , a league low of 42 offensive touchdowns , and have only had one game where they had scored 30 points or more and Daniel Jones has only thrown two deep passes per game . When asked why Garrett was fired , head coach Joe Judge said “the offense needs to be more productive .”
Freddy Kitchens is now taking over for Garrett , who came to the Giants last year after his stint as Cleveland Browns head Coach . While he is considered an offensive guru , last he year he was the offensive assistant to Garrett and took his spot during the game against the Cleveland Browns while he was on the Covid list and only scored 6 points during that game . So we will have to see what will be the outcome of the rest of the season . Maybe Kitchens can provide more explosion to an offense that in the words of my father “ lacks imagination. “ As we look ahead to 2022 the big question would be who will be Garrets replacement , if Kitchens can get this offense going , than I say hire him back this year , if not I am hearing some buzz from fellow fans of many potential candidates including Bills QB Coach Ken Dorsey and Alabama ‘s offensive coordinator Bill O Brien . Whoever the new offensive coordinator is going to have two big priorities and that is shaping Daniel Jones and fixing the offensive line . With Sunday’s win against the Eagles, The Giants offense still has a lot to work on as the offense has a new coordinator to work with .
After a week of craziness with Jason Garrett . news broke before the game against the Eagles that the Giants General Manager David Gettleman will most likely not return for the 2022 season . This will be a big move and maybe a sign of improvement to this franchise who is struggling right now , but there is one big question, what would be the future of Joe Judge and Daniel Jones? If a new general manager comes in , they are going to want to bring their own head coach and potential quarterback. If I was John Mara , I would give Judge another year because it turns out that Judge and Garrett were not working out . If Judge has another losing season then it is time for a new coach . As of now , Mara needs to tell all potential candidates that they want to keep Judge and Jones .
The final thing is that there are talks that the Giants are considering trading up some first round draft picks for 2022 and 2023 for Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. To be honest, as much as I love Russell Wilson , the Giants priority in the draft should be to get offensive linemen to build up an already weak line. While they can find offensive linemen in the later picks of the draft and maybe bringing Wilson to New York will bring linemen who want to play with him , The big concern is that Wilson is getting up there in age and is right now having an abysmal 3-8 season with Seattle . With six weeks left in the season , There are a lot of decisions that need to be made in the meadowlands for 2022 .
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