Giants will hire David Gettleman as new GM

The Giants will name David Gettleman as their new General Manager, a move that is not really surprising since he had 15 years of experience in the Giants front office prior to taking the Carolina GM job in 2013.

It was presumed that once the Giants let go of Jerry Reese that Gettleman would be the favorite for the job.

Under Gettleman the Panthers went 40-23-1, including an appearance in Super Bowl 50. Gettleman was fired in July of 2017 after an contentious relationship with a number of aging players over contracts.

Prior to running the Panthers, Gettleman was the head of the Giants Pro Personnel department from 1998 to 2012, and was a part of three different Super Bowl runs with Big Blue.

The questions that face Gettleman are manifold. 1) He needs to find a new head coach for the team. Many speculate that Mike Smith, the former Atlanta Falcons head coach would be a favorite for the job, but we shall see. Does Gettleman prefer to go the safe route, like Smith, or is he willing to gamble everything and hire a guy like Josh McDaniels, who was a total failure as a head coach in Denver?

2) Eli Manning. Gettleman will ultimately decide the fate of the Giants all pro quarterback. Do the Giants keep Manning in 2018? Do they trade him away before the draft? Cut him? Does Gettleman believe in guys like Sam Darnold and/or Josh Rosen, who are both presumed to be coming out of college for this year's draft class?

3) Culture: The Giants have been a franchise based on stability for a better part of their history. That all went down the proverbial drain the past two seasons under Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese. Gettleman has to develop a culture of winning, and a culture of stability within the organization if the football team is going to succeed long term.