New York Giants normal supervisor Joe Schoen held his annual bye week press convention on Tuesday and answered the query most attendees wished to listen to answered.
Will he be again as GM in 2025?
“Sure,” Schoen rapidly mentioned with confidence. “I talk with possession on a regular basis. I do know (head coach Brian Daboll) talks about that constantly every time these questions come up. We now have a very good relationship with possession…there’s confidence within the plan and the place we’re heading.”
On the similar time, Schoen acknowledged that this season was a disappointing one thus far.
“Clearly, we’re sitting right here at 2-8. Not the place we need to be, no one is pleased about it,” he mentioned earlier than reminding everybody that there’s nonetheless seven video games left.
Schoen believes within the plan and the method, nonetheless, and mentioned that the workforce was “not far off” and “now we have the gamers within the constructing to do it.”
When requested for a wrongdoer to hold the shedding on, Schoen didn’t need to get into specifics.
“It’s execution,” he mentioned after which reminded everybody that the Giants are 1-5 in one-score video games and their pink zone woes (they’re final within the league in that class) have harm the workforce.
Schoen mainly didn’t need to discuss a lot about particular person gamers however did reward most of the youthful gamers, particularly his 2024 draft class.
“I’m excited concerning the younger gamers that now we have. The construct is hard typically as you’re going by it, however you’ve acquired to undergo it to get to the opposite aspect. There’s some younger items right here in place. We’re not far off,” he mentioned.
That is likely to be true. The Giants have misplaced six video games that might be thought-about winnable, together with these one-score video games Schoen alluded to.
Subsequent 12 months will likely be his fourth as normal supervisor. To say the warmth will likely be turned up might be an understatement.