General manager Joe Schoen addressed the media Tuesday afternoon at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.
The Giants, who suffered their seventh consecutive loss the night before, are heading into their bye in Week 14, the latest possible slot in the NFL schedule.
They will return on Sunday, Dec. 14 to host the Commanders. The Giants will play three of their final four games at home, including matchups with the Vikings in Week 15 and the Cowboys in the finale. In between, they travel to Las Vegas.
Here is everything you need to know from the GM:
đź“° On the head coach search, Schoen said the "primary focus" right now is on supporting Mike Kafka and his staff for the last four games. At the appropriate time, they will get into potential coaches and "collaborative" research.
đź“° Kafka will get a "real look" and is getting one right now.
đź“° Brian Daboll was relieved of his duties as head coach following the Week 10 loss at Buffalo. The relationship between Schoen and Daboll goes back to their days with the Dolphins and then notably with the Bills before the Giants. "Dabs and I have an extended history together professionally and personally."
đź“° Daboll is a "great football coach" and will be "successful" in whatever he does after the Giants.
đź“° Schoen said his hand is in the failures just as much as Daboll's before he was let go. "Ownership made a decision to move on."
đź“° Schoen also appreciates everything that defensive coordinator Shane Bowen did for the Giants before his dismissal. He is a "tireless worker, a good coach, a good man."
đź“° Schoen believes the Giants will be an "attractive job" for head coach candidates. He pointed out building around a promising young quarterback on a rookie contract for the next four years. "That's when it gets fun."
đź“° Schoen supports Kafka's player discipline. Rookie Abdul Carter, the No. 3 overall pick, has not started two of the past three games even with Kayvon Thibodeaux sidelined. Kafka said it was a "coach's decision" each time.
đź“° Dart has "exceeded expectations" and "impressed" Schoen. What makes players great is their toughness and desire to win. He appreciates that about Dart, but "you also have to be available and try not to take the unnecessary hits."
đź“° On the perception that Dart was mainly Daboll's choice: "There are hundreds of conversations leading up to that conversation in the draft room, starting when we met with Jaxson at the Senior Bowl." Dart was on their radar very early. "Any time you're going to make a decision on a first-round quarterback, that's going to be an organizational decision. And it was an organizational decision."
đź“° In addition to Dart, Schoen believes in the core of the roster that includes a No. 1 receiver in Malik Nabers, a franchise left tackle in Andrew Thomas, and a young running back room. But it's "not just talent" that makes a good team. The issue has been getting the pieces to come together collectively. "They need to be on the same page. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to do that. That starts with me, and that's what we've got to figure out."
đź“° Schoen admitted that he and the staff have strayed at times from what he believes in and their process. The Giants are 5-25 since the start of last season and 20-43-1 since he took over in 2022. "I understand the frustration from fans, ownership, people inside the building, and nobody is more frustrated than myself. It starts with me, and I'm tasked with trying to get this organization going back in the proper direction. The standard is to compete for championships year in and year out, and that's the plan moving forward."
đź“° Schoen will look at "all avenues" to get the franchise back to where it belongs.
đź“° Is Schoen, who is leading the search, worried about a potential conflict if a head coach candidate wants his own general manager? "The calls we've gotten, I think we're going to be able to fill the job."
View every move made by the New York Giants during the 2025 cycle.
OLB Tomon Fox - Waived, No Recall (December 2)
OLB Tomon Fox - Free Agent Signing from NYG PS (December 1)
LB Swayze Bozeman - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (December 1)
WR Dalen Cambre - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (December 1)
CB Myles Purchase - Practice Squad (November 25)
TE Maximilian Mang -  International Practice Player Signing (November 24)
K Jude McAtamney - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (November 24)
RB Eric Gray - Activated, from Reserve (November 22)
TE Thomas Fidone II - Reserve/Injured (November 22)
LB Swayze Bozeman - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (November 22)
WR Dalen Cambre - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (November 22)
OLB Tomon Fox - Practice Squad Exception (November 19)
RB Eric Gray - Returned to Practice (November 19)
OLB Tomon Fox - Waived, No Recall (November 17)
K Younghoe Koo - Free Agent Signing from NYG PS (November 15)
G Evan Neal - Reserve/Injured (November 15)
WR Dalen Cambre - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (November 15)
DL Elijah Chatman - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (November 15)
WR Isaiah Hodgins - Free Agent Signing from PIT PSÂ (November 13)
OLB Trace Ford - Practice Squad (November 13)
K Graham Gano - Reserve/Injured (November 12)
TE Zach Davidson - Practice Squad (November 11)
K Ben Sauls - Practice Squad (November 11)
LB Zaire Barnes - Free Agent Signing (from NYG PS) (November 8)
OLB Tomon Fox - Free Agent Signing (from NYG PS) (November 8)
WR Beaux Collins - Reserve/Injured (November 8)
ILB Darius Muasau - Reserve/Injured (November 8)
K Younghoo Koo - Activated from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (November 8)
WR Ray-Ray McCloud - Activated from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (November 8)
CB Rico Payton - Activated, from Reserve (November 1)
CB Art Green - Reserve/Injured (November 1)
WR Ray-Ray McCloud III - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (November 1)
LB Zaire Barnes - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (November 1)
CB Rico Payton - Designated for Return / Returned to Practice (October 29)
DB Jarrick Bernard-Converse - Claimed, off Waivers from CLE (October 28)
RB Cam Skattebo - Reserve/Injured (October 28)
LB Swayze Bozeman - Practice Squad (October 28)
WR Juice Wells Jr. - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (October 28)
K Graham Gano - Activated, from Reserve (October 25)
LB Swayze Bozeman - Waived, No Recall (October 25)
WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (October 25)
S Raheem Layne - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (October 25)
WR Ray-Ray McCloud III - Practice Squad Veteran (October 23)
K Jude McAtamney - International Practice Player Signing (October 23)
DB LaMareon James - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (October 23)
K Graham Gano - Designated for Return/Returned to Practice (October 22)
CB Korie Black - Free Agent Signing (October 21)
K Jude McAtamney - Waived, No Recall (October 21)
DL Elijah Garcia - Practice Squad (October 21)
LB Jonas Griffith - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (October 21)
OLB Victor Dimukeje - Activated, from Reserve (October 18)
DL Elijah Garcia - Waived, No Recall (October 18)
WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (October 18)
LB Zaire Barnes - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (October 18)
OLB Victor Dimukeje - Returned to Practice (October 15)
WR Juice Wells Jr. - Practice Squad (October 13)
LB Jonas Griffith - Practice Squad Veteran (October 13)
LB Neville Hewitt - Free Agent Signing (from NYG PS) (October 9)
K Jude McAtamney - Free Agent Signing (from NYG PS) (October 9)
WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (October 9)
LB Zaire Barnes - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (October 9)
LB Neville Hewitt - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (October 4)
K Jude McAtamney - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (October 4)
OLB Tomon Fox - Practice Squad Exception (October 1)
WR Malik Nabers - Reserve/Injured (September 29)
OLB Tomon Fox - Waived, No Recall (September 29)
DL Elijah Garcia - Free Agent Signing from NYG PS (September 27)
OLB Tomon Fox - Free Agent Signing from NYG PS (September 27)
K Jude McAtamney - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (September 27)
LB Neville Hewitt - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (September 27)
K Graham Gano - Reserve/Injured (September 27)
OLB Tomon Fox - Practice Squad Exception (September 24)
K Younghoe Koo - Practice Squad Veteran (September 23)
LB Curtis Jacobs - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (September 23)
OLB Tomon Fox - Waived, No Recall (September 22)
OLB Tomon Fox - Free Agent Signing from NYG PS (September 20)
WR Xavier Gipson - Waived, No Recall (September 20)
DL Elijah Garcia - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (September 20)
LB Neville Hewitt - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (September 20)
DB LaMareon James - Practice Squad (September 17)
DB Dee Williams - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (September 17)
LB Swayze Bozeman - Free Agent Signing from NYG Practice Squad (September 16)
LB Chris Board - Reserve/Injured (September 16)
LB Neville Hewitt - Practice Squad Veteran (September 16)
LB Curtis Jacobs - Practice Squad Exception (September 16)
WR Dalen Cambre - Practice Squad (September 16)
TE Qadir Ismail - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (September 16)
DB Patrick McMorris - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (September 16)
DL Elijah Garcia - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (September 13)
LB Swayze Bozeman - Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) (September 13)
WR Xavier Gipson - Claimed off Waivers from NYJ (September 11)
ILB Micah McFadden - Reserve/Injured (September 11)
CB Tre Hawkins III - Waived, No Recall from Reserve/Injured (September 9)
T Reid Holskey - Practice Squad (September 8)
G McClendon Curtis - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (September 8)
DL Elijah Garcia - Activated from Practice Squad/Standard Elevation (Sept. 6)
WR Gunner Olszewski - Free Agent Signing (August 29)
CB Rico Payton - Reserve/Injured (August 29)
LB Zaire Barnes - Practice Squad (August 29)
G McClendon Curtis - Practice Squad (August 29)
OLB Trace Ford - Terminated (by Club) from Practice Squad (August 29)
LB Swayze Bozeman, TE Qadir Ismail, DB Patrick McMorris - Practice Squad (August 28)
S Beau Brade - Claimed off Waivers from BAL (August 27)
CB Rico Payton - Claimed off Waivers from NOR (August 27)
CB Korie Black - Waived, No Recall (August 27)
WR Gunner Olszewski - Terminated, Vested Veteran, all contracts (August 27)
WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette - Practice Squad Veteran (August 27)
WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey - Practice Squad Veteran (August 27)
K Jude McAtamney - International Practice Player Signing (August 27)
OLB Trace Ford, DL Elijah Garcia, OL Bryan Hudson, G Jake Kubas, S Raheem Layne, RB Dante Miller - Practice Squad (August 27)
DL Elijah Chatman, OLB Tomon Fox, DL Jordon Riley, CB Dee Williams - Practice Squad Exception (August 27)
OL Joshua Ezeudu - Reserve/Injured / Designated for Return (August 26)
RB Eric Gray - Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform (August 26)
OLB Victor Dimukeje - Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform (August 26)
WR Da'Quan Felton, CB Tre Hawkins, TE Jermaine Terry - Waived, Injured (August 26)
T Stone Forsythe, WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey, DL Jeremiah Ledbetter, WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette, RB Jonathan Ward - Terminated, Vested Veteran, all contracts (August 26)
WR Dalen Cambre, DL Elijah Chatman, QB Tommy DeVito, TE Greg Dulcich, DL Cory Durden, OLB Trace Ford, OLB Tomon Fox, DL Elijah Garcia, OL Bryan Hudson, G Jake Kubas, S Raheem Layne, K Jude McAtamney, RB Dante Miller, S Makari Paige, DL Jordon Riley, WR Antwane Wells, DB Dee Williams - Waived, No Recall (August 26)
CB TJ Moore - Reserve/Injured (August 24)
S K'Von Wallace - Terminated, Vested Veteran, all contracts (August 24)
WR Zach Pascal - Terminated, Vested Veteran, all contracts (August 22)
WR Jordan Bly, ILB K.J. Cloyd, CB O'Donnell Fortune, ILB Dyontae Johnson, C Jimmy Morrissey, WR Montrell Washington, OL Jaison Williams - Waived, No Recall (August 22)
T Andrew Thomas - Passed Physical (August 19)
LB K.J. Cloyd - Free Agent Signing (August 4)
RB Jonathan Ward - Free Agent Signing (August 4)
LB Ty Summers - Reserve/Injured (August 4)
RB Rushawn Baker - Waived, Injured (August 4)
WR Gunner Olszewski - Free Agent Signing (July 28)
WR Bryce Ford-Wheaton - Reserve/Injured (July 28)
S K'Von Wallace - Free Agent Signing (July 22)
DB Anthony Johnson - Waived, Injured (July 22)
T Andrew Thomas - Declared Physically Unable to Perform (July 22)
RB Eric Gray - Declared Physically Unable to Perform (July 22)
OLB Victor Dimukeje - Declared Non-Football Injury (July 22)
Giants receive 2026 sixth-round draft pick from Dolphins in exchange for conditional 2027 seventh-round selection and TE Darren Waller (July 7)
RB Cam Skattebo - Selection List Signing (June 18)
DL Darius Alexander - Selection List Signing (June 2)
QB Jaxson Dart - Selection List Signing (May 30)
OLB Abdul Carter - Selection List Signing (May 22)
WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey - Free Agent Signing (May 12)
CB T.J. Moore - Free Agent Signing (May 12)
DB R.J. Delancy III - Waived, No Recall (May 12)
DB Tommy McCormick - Waived, No Recall (May 12)
OL Marcus Mbow - Selection List Signing (May 9)
TE Thomas Fidone II - Selection List Signing (May 9)
CB Korie Black - Selection List Signing (May 9)
RB Rushawn Baker, WR Jordan Bly, WR Dalen Cambre, WR Beaux Collins, DB R.J. Delancey, WR Da'Quan Felton, OLB Trace Ford, DB O'Donnell Fortune, DB Tommy McCormick, DB Makari Paige, TE Jermaine Terry, WR Antwane Wells, OL Jaison Williams - Free Agent Signing (May 9)
WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey - Terminated, Vested Veteran, all contracts (May 9)
DL Casey Rogers - Waived, No Recall (May 8)
CB Korie Black - Selected in the 7th Round of 2025 NFL Draft (No. 246 overall) (April 26)
TE Thomas Fidone II - Selected in the 7th Round of 2025 NFL Draft (No. 219 overall) (April 26)
OL Marcus Mbow - Selected in the 5th Round of 2025 NFL Draft (No. 154 overall) (April 26)
RB Cam Skattebo - Selected in the 4th Round of 2025 NFL Draft (No. 105 overall) (April 26)
DL Darius Alexander - Selected in the 3rd Round of 2025 NFL Draft (No. 65 overall) (April 25)
QB Jaxson Dart - Selected in the 1st Round of 2025 NFL Draft (No. 25 overall) (April 24)
LB Abdul Carter - Selected in the 1st Round of 2025 NFL Draft (No. 3 overall) (April 24)
DT Ross Blacklock - Terminated, Vested Veteran, all contracts (April 15)
QB Jameis Winston - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 31)
LB Ty Summers - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 31)
QB Russell Wilson - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 26)
ILB Dyontae Johnson - Exclusive Rights Signing (March 26)
WR Zach Pascal - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 25)
OL Aaron Stinnie - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 25)
OLB Victor Dimukeje - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 21)
WR Lil'Jordan Humphrey - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 21)
OL Greg Van Roten - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 19)
DL Jeremiah Ledbetter - Unrestricted Free Agent Signing (March 18)
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles - Free Agent Signing (March 17)
CB Paulson Adebo - Free Agent Signing (March 13)
S JevĂłn Holland - Free Agent Signing (March 13)
WR Darius Slayton - Free Agent Signing (March 13)
DL Chauncey Golston - Free Agent Signing (March 13)
OL James Hudson III - Free Agent Signing (March 13)
LB Chris Board - Free Agent Signing (March 13)
OL Stone Forsythe - Free Agent Signing (March 13)
WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette - Re-signed (March 12)
DT Roy Robertson-Harris - Free Agent Signing (March 10)
P Jamie Gillan - Re-signed (March 8)
TE Chris Manhertz - Re-signed (March 8)
QB Tommy DeVito - Re-signed (March 8)
OLB Tomon Fox - Re-signed (March 7)
LS Casey Kreiter - Re-signed (March 5)
WR Montrell Washington - Free Agent Signing (February 14)
CB Nic Jones - Free Agent Signing (February 14)
DT Ross Blacklock - Reserve/Future (January 6)
C Bryan Hudson - Reserve/Future (January 6)
K Jude McAtamney - Reserve/Future (January 6)
C Jimmy Morrissey - Reserve/Future (January 6)
DT Casey Rogers - Reserve/Future (January 6)
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