Three hottest seats on New York Giants

Jones signed a four-year, $160M extension last March and followed it up with just two touchdowns, six interceptions and one win in an injury-filled six-game performance. Tyrod Taylor finished 2023 as the team’s leading passer with 1,341 yards.

With the sixth pick, the Giants could be in striking distance for one of the draft’s top quarterbacks. Jones carries a $47M cap hit for 2024, but the team can save $30M with a post-June 1 release in 2025.

Head coach Brian Daboll

Daboll is the coach. Joe Schoen is the GM. But that didn’t stop Schoen from spending four games on the coaches’ headsets after the team’s 2-8 start. That’s never good and neither is unexpectedly losing your defensive coordinator.

Don “Wink” Martindale resigned his position and reportedly stormed out of the building in a curse-filled tirade after Daboll fired a pair of defensive assistants that his coordinator held in high regard.

Afterward, Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reported on a series of issues within the organization, including Daboll’s reluctance to accept blame for the team’s shortcomings and erratic sideline behavior. According to Leonard, things got so bad in 2023 that one Giants staffer recently advised an NFL assistant calling about a vacancy: “Do not come here.” 

These issues and another losing season could see the 2022 NFL Coach of the Year looking for work in 2025.

Wide receiver Darius Slayton

Slayton led the team’s receivers in targets (79) but finished 2023 as only the NFL’s 46th-leading receiver with a career-best 770 yards. At some point, the team needs to see what young players like Wan’Dale Robinson and Jalin Hyatt can do.

Slayton carries an $8M cap hit for next season but has no guaranteed money on his contract. If the Giants can land a wide receiver like LSU’s Malik Nabers or Washington’s Rome Odunze in the draft, Slayton should be the first to go.