Joe Schoen 'understands' everything except how to fix the Giants

New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen held his annual bye-week press conference on Monday afternoon to address the state of his disappointing 2-11 team.

After appearing nearly 35 minutes late (other interviews ahead of his ran long), the fourth-year GM was apologetic for the team's play this season, accepted responsibility, and appeared to be somewhat in control.

Except that he's not. He repeatedly answered inquiries from reporters with, "I understand the question," but provided few answers.

Schoen was retained after head coach Brian Daboll was fired last month and then subsequently put in charge of finding the new head coach. He said that interim head coach Mike Kafka, who is 0-3 so far, will continue to "get a look."

Schoen insisted the Giants have a solid young core and that the job will be an extremely attractive one come the offseason. He's forgetting one thing, though: He'll still be the general manager and John Mara will be running the team from an ownership perspective.

That combination has compiled a 5-25 record since the beginning of 2024. There aren't many qualified coaches who might want to hitch their wagon to this seemingly hopeless franchise.

The injuries, lack of organization, and poor strategy have seeped in too deeply for the team to simply keep placing band-aids over gaping wounds.

Schoen acknowledged that his drafts and free-agent decisions have not moved the needle, especially on defense. Only the Pittsburgh Steelers have invested more in their defense than the Giants, who are near the bottom of the league in almost every major defensive category.

A better job might be done by a better GM. The Giants are trusting Schoen, who has been an abject failure at his job, with their future. A wise man once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.

The Giants are basically staying the course here. The faces keep changing, but the results do not. They are losing fans in droves. Their only saving grace is that the other NFL team in town, the Jets, is just as sad. Otherwise, they'd be losing fans to them as they did in the early 70s.

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