Big Blue View
Bob Brodman asks: Ed, I assume that Flores wouldn’t accept an interview offer from the Giants or the other teams in his lawsuit who he thinks had sham interviews to satisfy the Rooney Rule. We also know that you can’t just make an job offer to a coach without interviewing at least one minority candidate from outside the organization. So here is my question. Can a team make an offer to a minority candidate without interviewing anyone else? Can the Giants just offer the job to Flores right now?
Ed says: Bob, no, that can’t happen. The hiring process established by the NFL, which is detailed in this post, must be followed. Two IN-PERSON interviews with minority candidates must be held. Coaches currently employed by other NFL teams cannot yet be interviewed in person.
Besides, Brian Flores is not getting the Giants’ job. He is suing the team and there are a lot of hard feelings from that situation that might not be soothed even if the suit were dropped.
David Silver asks: Having watched the new kickoff rules for an entire season (and seen Deonte Banks take one to the house) are you in favor of the rule?
Ed says: Absolutely. David, I am 100% in favor of the new rules. I can’t find the season-ending stats, but the number of kickoffs returned more than doubled from 2024-2025, and the last numbers I saw showed more kickoffs being returned in 2025 than the NFL had seen in two decades.
The rules have turned a boring, bathroom-break, play back into an exciting “real” play that can have game-altering impact.
Mike Eversman asks: Hey Ed, to what extent might salary factor in to our HC search? An experienced HC like Harbaugh, Tomlin, or even Stefanski will command a higher salary than an untested first timer, and once again we’ll be paying a fired HC in addition to our next one, so I wonder how much this factors in.
Ed says: Mike, the last franchise valuation by Forbes pegged the Giants as third-most valuable NFL franchise as a valuation of $10.1 billion. Years ago, they were not willing to outbid the Carolina Panthers for Matt Rhule. In that instance, their restraint was proven right.
This time around, if they want John Harbaugh or Mike Tomlin, maybe even Kevin Stefanski, I cannot imagine cost being an issue. There is a big difference from Rhule to Harbaugh/Tomlin/Stefanski. The Giants have the financial resources, and pinching pennies is not an option.
I love this from Kay Adams. I think it sums up the situation perfectly:
Jack MacMullen asks: Lots of Giant fans are probably thinking “we have the keys to the kingdom” with all the options for the head coach we have. The additions of Stefanski and Harbaugh have all of us pretty excited.
*My question is; since many are dreaming of the “big two”, what will the response be if we don’t get either one? My guess is negative comments will...
