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Giants Fire OC Garrett After Monday Night Debacle in Tampa

 It didn't take long for the New York Giants to take swift action following their 30-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football. 

Not even a full day after head coach Joe Judge threw the Giants coaching staff, especially Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett under the bus, during his post game press conference, Garrett was out as Offensive Coordinator. 

Former Browns Head Coach Freddie Kitchens, who has been on the Giants staff this year as an assistant, now becomes interim Offensive Coordinator for a unit that ranks 25th in the NFL in total offense, averaging 18.5 points per game.

"You guys can write that tonight. Players have to execute. That is their job, right? It is our job to teach them. It's their job to go out and execute," Judge said last night.

"But we've got to make sure we put them in position to have success. That has to be consistent, by the way. So, you can go ahead and write that down. I'm not going to debate that."

This coming off of a performance where quarterback Daniel Jones looked mightily indecisive with the football. He was making throws off his back foot, sometimes without any merit. He was picked off twice; one of the interceptions when into the hands of Steve McClendon, a defensive lineman.   

While it is easy to blame Garrett, and certainly his play-calling wasn't good, one has to wonder if the real culprit is indeed with Jones, himself. 

Jones has only nine touchdown passes to seven interceptions this year. He is on pace to set a career high in picks come season's end, and he hasn't displayed enough in year three that he is deserving of a long term commitment. 

He is making the same mistakes this year as he did in his rookie year. In short, Jones is proving that he isn't a franchise quarterback. He is a nice player. He is better than Sam Darnold was in this town, but that isn't saying much. 

 Now does Jones' development, or lack thereof, fall squarely on Jason Garrett? Some of it does. But the rest has to fall on the head coach, Joe Judge, the General Manager who drafted Jones, David Gettleman, and Jones himself. 

But by firing Garrett, what Judge, and in some respects, Gettleman are doing is trying to find a fall guy.  Garrett was exactly that. 

The facts are the Giants have to clean house. 

Gettleman has been the one steering the ship for years, and for years he has steered into an iceberg. Who drafts a running back with the number two overall pick in a NFL draft? Gettleman does. And Saquon Barkley has repaid the Giants with both inconsistent play and injury. He is due for an extension this year too. 

If Gettleman goes, Judge would almost certainly have to follow.  If John Mara and Steve Tisch don't do that, then they are doomed to copy the same incompetent gameplan the Jets have been following for years.

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