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Giants head coach Brian Daboll to take over play-calling role in 2024 season – Kevin Patra, NFL.com
Daboll will return to his role of play-caller in his critical third year in New York.
Heading into a vital third season in New York, Brian Daboll is, indeed, taking back play-calling duties.
The Giants head coach told reporters on Tuesday that he planned to call offensive plays in 2024.
“Yeah, I’m doing it,” Daboll bluntly replied, declining to provide any further detail of when went into the decision, per Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com.
Daboll said in March that he was considering taking over play-calling duties after offensive coordinator Mike Kafka ran the show the first two years in New York.
Things trended toward Daboll officially taking over the duties most of the offseason. Receiver Darius Slayton noted in July that the head coach had taken on a larger role in the offensive meetings this offseason. Daboll returned to play-calling role during the preseason.
The 49-year-old coach made it official on Tuesday.
It’s no surprise that after last year’s offensive struggles, Daboll would return to his bread-and-butter. He earned the Big Blue gig in part because of his play-calling prowess with Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. If he’s going down in New York, he’ll go down swinging.
Earlier this offseason, Kafka didn’t lament the possibility that he could have play-calling duties wrestled away, noting that it would be similar to his time in Kansas City.
“I’ll kind of lean back on my experience in Kansas City a little bit where Coach [Andy] Reid is the primary play-caller, and the coordinators that were under him — whether it be Eric Bieniemy, Matt Nagy — those guys are super involved,” Kafka said in June, per SNY TV. “So I have that experience of being in a system like that. It’s pretty typical around the league, coaches doing that. So whatever decision Dabes wants to go with, I fully support.”
Daboll decided he’ll be the one in Daniel Jones’ ear in 2024.
A glimpse behind the scenes of Eagles’ Brazil planning – Reuben Frank, NBC Sports Philadelphia
Philly is trying to make their trip to Brazil as normal as possible.
The Eagles have been planning their trip to Brazil for months, and assistant general manager Jon Ferrari has been leading the team’s organizing efforts since the game was first announced back in February.
Ferrari answered a bunch of questions Monday about the planning process and addressed the Eagles’ plans in some specific areas.
Here are some highlights from Ferrari’s chat:
Did the Eagles really tell the players to stay in their rooms?
“No. So we had a team meeting the other day, we sort of talked, educated them about everything to do with the trip. We wanted to make sure, like any new place we go to, when we go to New England for a joint practice for four days, we educate them. We go to the Super Bowl, we educate them on the experience. So we sort of gave them just the layout of what that area was, but there’s nothing set like prohibiting them from doing it.”
Can you make this a normal football week?
“We’ve been doing everything we can on the back end, so for the players and coaches, it’s a normal football trip. It’s a special, unique opportunity, but it’s a normal football trip. … We want to, when we get off that plane and get through customs, we want it to be as normal and football focused and football forward as possible. Yes, it is a long flight. We have to do things medically and from a recovery standpoint to make sure we put everybody in the best position to play. It is outside of the length of the trip. We’re going to play in L.A. and it’s going to be five hours, right? This is double that or close to it. So you just want to make sure that that’s as normal as possible.”
Dan Quinn Provides Update on Washington Commanders Rookie Left Tackle Brandon Coleman – David Harrison, Sports Illustrated
Rookie left tackle Brandon Coleman is trending in the right direction after injury.
Some will say the left tackle is the second-most important position on an NFL field behind only the quarterback. When your quarterback is a rookie like Jayden Daniels is for the Washington Commanders his blindside protector becomes all the more valuable.
Of course, when that left tackle is a rookie as well, there are natural concerns that rise from outsiders who are nervous about trusting such an inexperienced player to protect the future of the Commanders franchise.
So when Brandon Coleman won the starting left tackle job fair and square despite being a third-round pick in the NFL Draft this year people got excited. When he got hurt and subsequently missed the rest of training camp and the entire preseason, Washington fans only got more nervous than they were before.
“I spent just a moment with him after practice because he was able to do quite a bit yesterday and then today padded,” Quinn said. “I asked him if anything was guarded. He said, ‘No man, I’m good to go’. He felt strong, he felt good. So, I’m pleased that we’re leaving (training camp) in good health, and that’s the goal that you want as the coach.”
It’s a big step in the right direction for Coleman and for the starting offensive line in Washington that has gotten precious few reps together, leading to that increased nervousness about the unit as a whole.
One person who isn’t nervous, however, is Daniels himself who will be charged with executing the offense behind that line – or one featuring left tackle Cornelius Lucas if Campbell can’t get ready in time for Week 1.
