Survey: An amazing majority of Giants followers wish to exchange Shane Bowen

New York Giants followers need some type of change after their 3-14 end to the 2024 season.

That a lot is evident even and not using a ballot. All you needed to do was examine the skies over MetLife Stadium over the past month of the season to know that there are many Giants followers who aren’t glad with the established order.

Co-owner John Mara made an announcement simply after the season that each Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll would stay in place for the 2025 season (a minimum of). It has since been reported that the workforce intends for Mike Kafka and Shane Bowen to stay the offensive and defensive coordinator (respectively).

That, nevertheless, doesn’t fulfill the fanbase and nearly all of followers wish to see some type of change after one of many worst seasons in franchise historical past.

This week we requested whether or not the workforce ought to exchange Shane Bowen at defensive coordinator and the response was a powerful “YES”.

A full 70% of respondents mentioned that they wish to see Bowen changed.

At this level it appears as if followers might be disillusioned and the Giants have made the choice to go ahead with Bowen because the defensive coordinator for 2025. This doubtless means that the Giants wish to see what Bowen’s protection can do with one other 12 months of labor and a few extra gamers who match the scheme.

There’s additionally the matter of the offense.

The Giants fielded one of many least productive offenses within the NFL over the previous couple years, and that reached new depths (save Week 17) in 2024. It’s very troublesome to play good protection whereas saddled with an albatross of an offense. Not solely is the protection on the sector too usually, they’re usually requested to defend brief fields and play from behind. Opposing offenses normally have their full playbook open and are not often pressured out of their preliminary gameplan.

It’s not likely a coincidence that a few of the greatest defenses within the NFL are in a position to work reverse a few of the greatest offenses. Their offensive manufacturing places strain on the opposing offense to maintain up, forcing them [the opposing offense] to take probabilities and provides the protection alternatives to make performs.

It’s been a very long time because the Giants’ protection has loved that sort of privilege.

However it’s additionally true that the Giants’ defensive personnel was a poor match for Bowen’s most well-liked schemes. He tried to regulate his philosophy — calling much more Cowl 3 than Cowl 4 — and referred to as extra blitzes than he beforehand had.

The Giants did finish the season as the one workforce with three defenders within the Prime 30 for Excessive High quality Strain Fee.

In addition they confirmed important enchancment in opposition to the run within the second half of the season and solely allowed two runners to eclipse the 100-yard mark over their closing seven video games (Rico Dowdle and Jonathan Taylor).

Nevertheless, making an attempt to shoehorn a defensive roster constructed for a strain protection into one constructed to play zone protection didn’t work effectively general.

For followers nonetheless hoping that Bowen might be changed, the phrase “Intends” is carrying a whole lot of weight. In any case, the Giants initially mentioned that they intend for Wink Martindale to stay the Giants defensive coordinator in 2024. It’s nonetheless doable that one of many league’s new head teaching hires would ask to interview Bowen and he could be employed away with out the Giants having to fireside him. That’s the hope of one other 14% of the fanbase.

Except one thing modifications, nevertheless, it appears as if the 16% of the fanbase who thinks Bowen wasn’t an issue will get to see him for a minimum of another season.