EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Giants in New York fired attack coordinator Jason Garrett after less than two years on the job, the team announced Tuesday.
This move comes as a result of constant offensive struggles for the Giants (3-7) after 30-10 lose come Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football.
The Giants have averaged 18.9 points per game this season, ranking 25th in the NFL for offensive ability. In 2020, Garrett’s first season, the Giants are 31st in the NFL with 17.5 points per game.
After the loss, head coach Joe Judge blame the Giants coaches.
“You can put it down tonight. Got it?” The judge said Monday night. “You can write that tonight. The players have to execute. That’s their job, right? It’s our job to teach them. It’s their job to go out and execute.
“But we have to make sure we put them in a position to have success. That has to be consistent, by the way. So you can go ahead and write it down. I’m not going to argue about that. there.”
The Giants on Monday finished with a total of 215 yards – the second-lowest total in a 26-game Judges era – and just 66 yards of javelin. The first 15 losses have been a low season, and only one of the Giants’ 54 strikes hit 16 yards more than the Bucs.
The Giants have only scored 30 points once in 26 games since Garrett joined the team.
“We have to do a better job of scoring,” Judge said Monday night. “I know that sounds pretty obvious and right. But I’m going to keep it pretty blunt right there. We have to do a better job of getting the players into position to play. We have too many bridges. good players. We have to put them in a better position to take advantage of it. That’s it.”
Pressure started to pile up on Garrett at the start of the season. It’s clear that the offense needs major improvement as before Cleveland Browns Offensive coordinator and head coach Freddie Kitchens moves into a senior offensive assistant role.
The judge was asked as early as Week 4 whether Garrett would continue calling the plays.
Garrett, 55, joins the Giants in 2020 after more than nine seasons as Dallas Cowboys‘ Head Coach. He didn’t call the plays from 2012 to 2019, but he did lead Dallas to a 85-67 record.
The former Giants quarterback (2000-03) has always been a curious hire, as he doesn’t have any prior experience working with Judge.
The ownership giant suggested Garrett to Judge after the second-year coach was hired in 2020. The two met and Judge called the conversation “great” at the time.
But The Giants’ lack of aggressiveness and offensive innovation was evident early in his tenure.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
