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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — This wasn’t Joe Judge’s infamous 11-minute rant late in the 2021 season. But as far as a Brian Daboll news conference goes, the New York Giants coach was exceptionally expansive after his team snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 45-33 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
Daboll, who typically mutters his way through monosyllabic answers after games, raved about the character and work ethic of his team Sunday. Much like Judge’s epic rant three years ago, it appeared Daboll’s message was intended for the ears of ownership, who will decide his fate after next week’s season finale.
“I’ve had a lot of confidence in the people in our building and the way they operate,” Daboll said. “Not the results, obviously, but coming back from injuries that are pretty good injuries, and they fight back to perform at the end of the year. I’ve been on some other teams — it’s a credit to the coaches, battling through it with the players who are injured, who come back, who compete, who work hard every day, are in early and have extra meetings in December when you don’t have a very good record.”
Judge’s impassioned soliloquy backfired, and he was fired 10 days later after going 4-13 in his second season. Daboll avoided going off the rails like Judge, but it remains to be seen if ownership will hear his message about keeping the team fighting to produce a result like Sunday when an offensive explosion prevented the Giants’ first winless season at home in 50 years.
There was no tell from John Mara after the game, as he continued his weekly ritual of declining comment when approached by reporters. But Mara made it clear in October that he doesn’t want to clean house again, so Daboll needs to take advantage of every opportunity to convince his boss of the value of continuity.
“There’s a process that we believe in, and they keep fighting through it,” Daboll said. “I’m just happy that they can have a smile on their face and get a win. I’m proud of the guys. I was proud of them in some of those games where we lost. We just got to keep battling through it.”
A theme of Daboll’s news conference was the importance of “good quarterback play.” Daboll got hired three years ago largely based on his efforts grooming Bills quarterback Josh Allen from a raw prospect into a perennial MVP candidate.
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