Another game surrendering 30-plus points and wasting a double-digit lead proved one game too many for the New York Giants and interim head coach Mike Kafka, who defensive coordinator Shane Bowen go one day after Week 12’s 34-27 loss to the Detroit Lions in overtime, before naming a surprising and “interesting” replacement.
Outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen to take over the headset, according to NFL Insider Josina Anderson.
The Giants and interim head coach Mike Kafka ditching Bowen was confirmed by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, among others, on Monday, November 24. This development went against Kafka’s initial comments after the game in Detroit, when he appeared to hint he still had “faith in Shane Bowen as the defensive coordinator and playcaller,” according to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News.
Ultimately though, the Giants and Kafka went another, hardly surprising since a unit supposedly loaded up front is “ranked 30th in points and yards on defense,” per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
What is surprising is Kafka’s choice of outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen as interim DC. It’s an “interesting” decision, per Dan Duggan of The Athletic, who noted Bullen has “No DC experience, unlike DL coach Andre Patterson and DB coach Marquand Manuel.”
Bullen faces a steep learning curve trying to get an underperforming group to be anything but a liability after Big Blue’s latest collapse in the fourth quarter.
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