Pressure Mounts on Shurmur as Giants Lose Again

BEARS 19 - GIANTS 14

It isn't so much about how the Giants lost to the Chicago Bears, Sunday, because the script has been the same. Daniel Jones fumbles the ball away; the Giants offense is anemic; the opposing quarterback (today it was Mitchell Trubisky) figures out how to throw a football again, and the Giants waste all of their time outs with more than three minutes to go in the game - costing themselves any shot of winning.

Yep, same old, same old for the Giants in a 19-14 loss, Big Blue's seventh straight in fact as they now stand at 2-9, tied for last place in the NFC East. Congratulations. Congratulations to David Gettleman who put this mess together. Congratulations to Pat Shurmur who has coached this team in the ground week-in and week-out.

With games against the Packers and Eagles starring them in the face the next two weeks, it is reasonable to think the Giants will be 2-11 before Chanukah. At least they have the Dolphins and Redskins still on the schedule. One would figure a win has to come out of one of those two games, right?!

Now the rumors are really starting to heat up on Shurmur, with the latest speculation that if he is indeed fired at the end of the year the Giants could pursue .... wait for it ... Jason Garrett. Wait, what? Yes, Jason Garrett.

Not Mike McCarthy. Not Lincoln Reilly, or Mike Tomlin. But Jason Garrett? And you thought the Jets hiring Adam Gase was a bad joke.

Garrett, the Dallas Cowboys head coach is - as per usual - on the proverbial hot seat as the Boys are mired in mediocrity. At 6-5, there is no guarantee the Cowboys will even make the playoffs this year. And even if they do, getting past the second round of the playoffs is a must for Garrett to keep his job.

NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported this morning that if the Cowboys were to fire Garrett at the end of the season, the Giants would be keenly interested.

"My understanding is the Giants have emerged as a real, legitimate potential landing spot for Garrett," Rapport said on NFL GameDay morning.

Of course, the Giants have to fire Shurmur first, and the Cowboys have to fire Garrett for this to even be considered.

Just the idea the Giants would rather have a mediocre head coach like Jason Garrett lead this team does not speak well about the people in charge of the organization right now. In fact it makes one wonder how this team won two Super Bowls with Tom Coughlin as its head coach with such instability in the front office.

Since Coughlin was fired at the end of the 2015 season, the Giants have gone from Ben McAdoo to Pat Shurmur. Can you imagine Garrett joining that list of futility?  Suddenly the Mara's are making the Johnson brothers look like competent owners.

Just think Giants fans, it could only get worse from here...