Brian Daboll was conspicuously absent from Miami’s current professional day for quarterback Cam Ward‘s workout.
Now Daboll won’t be attending Friday’s Colorado professional day in Boulder, Colo., the place quarterback Shedeur Sanders and nook Travis Hunter are scheduled to showcase their expertise.
Joe Schoen‘s excuse for Daboll’s absence at Miami was that the pinnacle coach “doesn’t go to any pro days,” the GM stated Monday on the NFL homeowners conferences. However that didn’t cross the scent check.
Daboll attended TCU’s and Ohio State’s professional days in 2023 and Washington’s and LSU’s professional days in 2024 not less than.
Schoen solely had an evidence prepared for the LSU professional day. He stated it was as a result of Jayden Daniels wouldn’t do a non-public exercise with the Giants final season, figuring out he wouldn’t fall previous the Washington Commanders at No. 2.
So why is the pinnacle coach not on the highway for these important evaluations? Daboll stated Tuesday at The Breakers it’s as a result of “I prefer private workouts … particularly for the quarterbacks.”
Nonetheless, the optics are paying homage to Daboll and Schoen conducting separate press conferences on a tense Black Monday after John Mara introduced that each males have been being retained for a fourth season.
Schoen and Daboll repeatedly and deliberately have carried out joint press conferences throughout their tenure to create a collaborative picture.
Mara publicly blamed the earlier regime’s failures on a scarcity of communication and collaboration between GM Dave Gettleman and head coach Joe Choose. Schoen and Daboll projected a united entrance and labored as a complementary pairing early on, having arrived collectively from Buffalo within the first place.
Progressively, nonetheless, that dynamic has shifted to the purpose that Schoen and Daboll now greater than ever are working as separate entities, sources say.
Mara’s postseason post-mortem positioned much more blame on the Giants’ teaching and execution than its personnel flaws. In his finish of yr assembly with Schoen and Daboll, Mara stated he instructed that the coach make some modifications in how he operates.
Daboll noticeably then met the media alone on Jan. 6, standing behind a lonely podium contained in the Giants’ follow facility on the turf. Schoen adopted that with a solo press convention of his personal within the crew’s indoor auditorium, seated on stage behind a desk.
The brand new optics of these press conferences weren’t misplaced on anybody inside or outdoors the constructing who understands how the group works.
Some sources have stated, in truth, that there was some hope on the entrance workplace/personnel aspect of getting the chance to reset with a brand new teaching employees after the Giants’ 3-14 season. However with Daboll retained, a as soon as mutual marriage now feels extra like a compelled one.
Schoen and Daboll did spend a while collectively on the NFL homeowners conferences this previous week in Florida. They usually don’t have any alternative however to work collectively to construct one of the best crew in 2025 — or else.
In truth, it doesn’t matter what their dynamic is so long as Schoen picks higher gamers, Daboll coaches higher and the crew wins.
The stress is palpable, nonetheless, coming off a season of airplanes flying overhead of MetLife Stadium calling for Mara to “fix this dumpster fire” and “fire everyone.”
And the optics of Daboll not being on the highway for these professional days issues.
BANKS GIVES ‘3’ TO RUSS
Nook Deonte Banks has switched to jersey No. 2 in order that new Giants quarterback Russell Wilson can put on his most well-liked No. 3 in New York. Wilson thanked Banks on social media.
“Salute to my guy & young star Tae Banks!” Wilson posted on ‘X.’ “Grateful for you letting me wear #3 King! Full of gratitude.”
