pat shurmur
Dave Gettleman's retention comes with firm Giants warning
December 30, 2019 | 10:20amIt takes more than two years to take a team at the very bottom in so many areas and elevate it to the status of a contender. That is why...
College coach getting the early buzz to replace Pat Shurmur
December 30, 2019 | 10:19amMatt Rhule is a hot name again in a New York football coaching search. The Baylor football coach was quickly linked to the Giants job after the Monday morning firing...
Pat Shurmur fired by Giants, Dave Gettleman kept on as GM
December 30, 2019 | 9:06amThe Giants have become what they always insisted and took pride in believing they were not. A day after ending another miserable season, they canned another head coach, firing Pat...
Dave Gettleman optimistic as players anxiously await decisions
December 30, 2019 | 1:18amThe season is over, and the Giants are about to become NFL newshounds. Odds are they will find out from a media report or team statement — not some team-wide...
Could Bill Belichick save the Giants?
December 29, 2019 | 10:53pmWhat is likely an impending coaching search for the Giants does not have the feel of this traditional process: Sort through a long list of candidates and find the next...
Inside the Giants owners' cruel Dave Gettleman dilemma
December 29, 2019 | 8:32pmIt was a little after 7:30 p.m. when Pat Shurmur walked to the center of the field to shake hands with Doug Pederson before he disappeared through the tunnel and...
Giants hand Eagles playoff spot as Pat Shurmur firing looms
December 29, 2019 | 7:39pmAs conclusions of seasons go, this one had the strong sense of an ending in every sense of the word. Pat Shurmur is expected to be fired as head coach...
Giants vs. Eagles: Preview, predictions, what to watch for
December 29, 2019 | 4:54amPaul's Pick The Eagles are banged up and incentive-laden, knowing a win puts them in the playoffs. The Giants are headed home and have not beaten a team with a...
Pat Shurmur's final chance to make his Giants case
December 29, 2019 | 1:53amSome teams already know. The Giants wait. The end of a season, with uncertainty looming as far as the security of the coaching staff, always creates an uncomfortable situation. Everyone...
The moments that doomed Pat Shurmur
December 28, 2019 | 1:42pmIt was another one of those marriages made in heaven. This was the adult head coach with head-coaching experience and the offensive chops to give Eli Manning one last hurrah...
Giants owners could be at odds over Pat Shurmur's future
December 28, 2019 | 3:30amIt has been a harmonious existence since the late Bob Tisch agreed to purchase 50 percent of the Giants from the Mara Family in 1991. The partnership became admired throughout...
Giants veteran expecting season-ending win over Eagles
December 28, 2019 | 2:50amThe Giants expect to beat the Eagles no matter how lopsided the rivalry has become. But a Giants win Sunday could knock the win-and-in Eagles out of the playoffs and...
What Giants players are saying about Pat Shurmur's future
December 26, 2019 | 11:02pmThere will be no banging on the door of John Mara imploring him not to fire Pat Shurmur over these last days of another godforsaken season. But don’t underestimate the...
Daniel Jones showing signs of becoming Giants' leader
December 26, 2019 | 9:09pmThe Giants believe Daniel Jones has found his voice. With the final game of the season looming, the rookie quarterback’s first season in the NFL is almost ready for a...
Giants can look to Jets for reason to clean house
December 26, 2019 | 5:10pmIt is the Jets, of course, who offer the cautionary tale of ownership miscalculation that can foster dysfunction and debilitate a franchise. As another franchise-rattling decision looms for the John...
Giants must consider mayhem that comes with another coaching change
December 25, 2019 | 2:43pmWhen it happens, it sends shock-waves through the building. The reverberations are felt in the locker room and the training room and the cold tubs and the practice fields, in...
Giants-killer is huge reason surprising tight end is here
December 24, 2019 | 6:43pmIt’s time to knock a couple of points off Zach Ertz’s reputation as a Giants-killer. Ertz has scored 20 percent of his touchdowns during a six-year career against the Giants,...
Giants may have trouble in potential coaching search
December 24, 2019 | 4:25pmIf the Giants join the market of teams looking for a new coach, Daniel Jones will be selling point No. 1. But the Giants will find other teams are going...
Pat Shurmur's curious attitude adds to his unclear Giants future
December 23, 2019 | 11:12pmPat Shurmur must keep his thermostat raised and only vacation in the tropics. Because it sure seems the Giants coach is comfortable under heat. As the clock winds toward Sunday’s...
Giants can't fall into this dangerous Pat Shurmur trap
December 23, 2019 | 7:02pmAround 8 p.m. Sunday, the season mercifully comes to an end for the Giants, but not before they mercilessly take the Eagles down and out with them. The green-clad visiting...