{"id":115857,"date":"2025-11-11T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/?p=115857"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:31:30","slug":"nfl-week-10-recap-giants-fire-brian-daboll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/analysis\/nfl-week-10-recap-giants-fire-brian-daboll\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 10 Recap: Giants Fire Brian Daboll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Giants fired <strong>Brian<\/strong> <strong>Daboll<\/strong> following their Week 10 loss to the Bears.<\/p>\n<p>Entering the 2025 season, we knew this team was going to play the NFL\u2019s #1 toughest schedule.<\/p>\n<p>But this team played much differently than they did in the prior couple of seasons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Giants Fire Brian Daboll After 10 Games | What Went Wrong in New York\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5qHmQWclKvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I wrote in my 2025 Preview, the Giants had been losing at halftime in 33 games the last three seasons, the #1 most in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Giants had to figure out a way to start faster.<\/p>\n<p>But against such a tough schedule, it looked like a daunting assignment.<\/p>\n<p>However, in 2025, the Giants ranked #9 in first quarter points per drive at 2.2 after ranking #32 at 0.7 the prior two years combined.<\/p>\n<p>They ranked #6 in touchdowns per drive at 28% after ranking #32 at 5% the prior two years.<\/p>\n<p>They ranked #5 in percentage of drives to reach the red zone at 40% after ranking #31 at 18% the prior two years.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Giants trailed after the first quarter in just three of 10 games this year.<\/p>\n<p>The only teams to trail less than the Giants after the first quarter?<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles, Colts, Packers, and Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>In the prior two years, the Giants trailed after the first quarter in 22 of 34 games.<\/p>\n<p>So the 2025 Giants improved from a 65% trail rate to 30% this year.<\/p>\n<p>At halftime?<\/p>\n<p>The Giants trailed in 24 of 34 games the last two years, or 71%.<\/p>\n<p>This year, they trailed in five of 10 games, or 50%.<\/p>\n<p>New York did a much better job scripting plays and jumping out to leads this year.<\/p>\n<p>They were shockingly one of the best in the NFL in that department.<\/p>\n<p>What undid them was late-game situations.<\/p>\n<p>They lost eight of 10 games, blowing multiple fourth-quarter leads along the way.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t help that they found their next potential franchise quarterback in the draft, but he suffered multiple concussions while running with the ball this year.<\/p>\n<p>Dart led all QBs with 25 designed runs.<\/p>\n<p>Daboll knows QB runs are one of the most efficient plays in football, but as we discussed a few weeks back, the Giants had to get Dart to get down before taking so many hits.<\/p>\n<p>Blown leads and QB injury are probably two of the leading factors at play here.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants didn\u2019t have success like they wanted with Daboll and decided after 10 games it was time to move on.<\/p>\n<p>Daboll inherited a terrible team with a horrible offensive line and QB situation, but he surprised everyone by leading the team to the playoffs and a playoff win in his first year on the job.<\/p>\n<p>That earned him a Coach of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>After that, however, it was downhill.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward, the Giants job is a more attractive one than the one Daboll inherited.<\/p>\n<p>They might have a franchise QB, and the roster has been improved.<\/p>\n<p>For Daboll, I think he\u2019ll have plenty of opportunities if he wants to return somewhere as an offensive coordinator and get the chance to pick his situation.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll likely have a better QB and OL where he lands than anything he worked with in New York.<\/p>\n\t<div class='sfa-image-adds' style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/newsletter\/'>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sharp-Football-Analysis-Newsletter-Ad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-size-full size-size-full\" alt=\"Sharp Football Analysis Newsletter\" \/>\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Giants fired Brian Daboll following their Week 10 loss  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"NFL Week 10 Recap: Giants Fire Brian Daboll","_seopress_titles_desc":"Warren Sharp examines why the Giants fired Brian Daboll. 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