OCTOBER 27, 2025 BRIAN DABOLL PRESS CONFERENCE…
New York Giants Head Coach Brian Daboll addressed the media on Monday (VIDEO):
Q: With (running back) Cam (Skattebo) out, I’m just curious, what do you see in terms of your running back rotation? Obviously, you have (running back) Tyrone (Tracy), but do you expect to do anything in terms of (running back) Dante Miller and (running back) Devin Singletary mixing them in?
DABOLL: Yeah, well, Motor is on the roster, you’ll definitely see Motor (Devin Singletary). And then Tracy, then we’ll decide. We’ve got a week here to decide what we want to do.
Q: We know that Cam underwent surgery last night. What can you tell us about that surgery? What have you heard as far as, was it promising? Did it go well? And did it require an open dislocation to be addressed?
DABOLL: Yeah, I’m not going to get into the particulars, but all went well. He’s recovering, and obviously he’ll be missed, but on the road to recovery.
Q: When have the doctors told you that he’ll be back around the team or in the building, out of the hospital?
DABOLL: Yeah, he might be out today, coming back, but again, he’s got a road ahead of him.
Q: I’m just curious, just kind of with now, obviously, Cam and (wide receiver) Malik (Nabers) out and understanding that football is obviously physical, we know this. Is there any just more thought as far as kind of like being more, I don’t know if mindful is the word, but just do you manage (quarterback) Jaxson (Dart) any differently when it comes to how he runs and, you know, picking design runs and whatnot and being more judicious, if you will, with that?
DABOLL: No, I think Jaxson has done a good, really good job his first five games in a lot of areas. He’s a good football player for us and we’ll do the things we think that he can do well. And I think he’s had a good start to his first five games. Obviously, like a few more wins, but he’s done a nice job for us.
Q: Piggybacking off that, now that you’ve seen the tape, I guess, what did Jaxson really do well on Sunday? How would you assess what he did now that you’ve looked at the tape a little bit more?
DABOLL: Look, we’re always talking about ball security. He does a good job of ball security, makes good loose plays and throws on time. Again, there’s always little things that we can get better at. There was from this game. But he’s improved every week that he’s played.
Q: I know you said yesterday that there were multiple things that stood out to you with the run defense that you said need to be addressed. Now that you look back at this tape, what were some of those things that stood out to you, maybe not just yesterday but also these last two weeks where the run defense just hasn’t been what you wanted it to be?
DABOLL: Yeah, similar to what I said yesterday, there’s times where they have good calls and they have numbers. There’s times where they do a good job of blocking and we got to do a better job of shedding. And there’s times where we miss tackles. That’s usually three of the main things in run defense. So, give them credit. You know, they had some good plays against some of the defenses that we had, whether we blitzed away from it, whatever it may be. We missed some tackles, and they took advantage of it.
Q: Does it concern you that eight weeks in, the run defense has given up 5.7 yards a carry. Does it concern you that the problem isn’t getting solved quickly enough for you?
DAOLL: Yeah, we need to do a better job on our run defense, no question about it.
Q: With Cam going down, it’s obviously two of your big weapons you’ve lost in the last couple weeks. Trade deadline is a week away. How in favor would you be to be aggressive to add someone in the next week?
DABOLL: Look, I leave that to (Senior Vice President, General Manager) Joe (Schoen) relative to looking at the league. If he has any discussions that he wants to have, he always brings them up. We have open dialogue. But my focus is the guys that we have on our football team right now and trying to improve them the best way that we can.
Q: We haven’t spoken to you since the fine came out for the sideline incident in the first Eagles game. Did you think that penalty was justified?
DABOLL: Yeah, I’ve had conversations with the league, and that’s the way they’ll stay.
Q: Do you learn anything from that?
DABOLL: Yeah, I don’t have any comment on that.
Q: One thing about maybe adding another player or not. I mean, this would be your jurisdiction if a new guy would come in. How quickly could, let’s say, a wide receiver, do you think, acclimate to a brand-new system? It would be you. It would be by (wide receiver coach Mike) Groh. It would be by (assistant head coach, offensive coordinator Mike) Kafka. There’s not a million trades. It’s not like baseball where you just get a lefty reliever. How tenable is it to do that eight games into a season?
DABOLL: I think that happens all the time in this league relative to injuries or possible trades. I remember back when I was a receiver coach, and you get a new receiver on a Wednesday and they’re playing on Sunday. So, guys that have played in this league, might be different systems, usually know how to study and pick up things. So, again, when you’re a position coach and you’re dealing with guys, you’ve got to make sure they’re ready in a few days. So, I’ve done that. I’m sure most coaches have done that plenty of times.
Q: As far as your wide receiver room, you didn’t have (wide receiver Darius) Slayton last week. You had him this week. You have (wide receiver) Wan’Dale (Robinson). And you really are not getting any production from anyone else, for the most part, especially the last couple of games. So how difficult is that? I know you’re incorporating the tight ends more, but you want to get wide receivers involved. How difficult is that? Is that a glaring hole right there?
DABOLL: Yeah, like I said, there are five eligible receivers on the field. So, a lot of times we’ve been using two tight ends and two receivers. So those receivers have been Wan’Dale and Slay or Wan’Dale when Slay wasn’t out. We’ll just see how it goes this week relative to who’s up and what we think we need to do.
Q: You said you and Joe have these conversations daily, maybe multiple daily. Would you be the instigator of some of this? I mean, as far as instead of him coming to you and saying, what do you think, you’re saying, look, is there anyone out there because we could use it?
DABOLL: Yeah, I’d say we have, again, a number of conversations every day, I mean a number of them. My focus is on the guys that we have on our roster and making sure that we’re doing everything we can do to help them.
Q: I was just wondering, we know Jaxson and Cam are close. I was wondering how he’s handling it. I mean, it seemed like last night that everything from the loss to losing Cam was weighing on him there.
DABOLL: Yeah, I think, again, that would be a good question for him. Certainly, they’re close. I think, again, you’re close with a lot of guys on the football team. Coaches are close with the players. Players are close with the players. And when you have injuries, which there’s a lot of them. I was chatting back and forth with Skatt last night. For a guy that has come in and, say, sparked us with a lot of energy and toughness, but the personality that he has as well. But it’s like all your other players that you’re close with. These guys spend a lot of time together, meeting time, outside the building. And that’s always a tough element to this game is when guys go down and get hurt. You hate to see it. Unfortunately, it’s part of the business.
Q: When you say you were talking to him, you were FaceTiming with him, texting, chatting, calling?
DABOLL: No, we were texting. And he texted me pretty early today. He’s just got an infectious personality. It was at 4:08 this morning I got a text from him. You know, so that’s Skatt.
Q: How would you say his spirits are from your conversations?
DABOLL: Yeah, they’re good. I mean, as good as can be through text. But you feel for your players when they go down like that.
Q: And obviously we asked you last night, the tush-push-fumble, that’s one that’s being talked about a lot today. I’m wondering if you have heard from the league on it or if you have reached out to the league about it.
DABOLL: No, haven’t heard from the league about it.
Q: Have you reached out to the league about it?
DABOLL: Any of those penalties or officiating, I’m not going to comment on.
Q: You hate, as a coach, I think, when a guy loses his job, partially because of injury. How has Tyrone Tracy responded to what was Cam’s rise to being the main running back? And now that it’s Tyrone’s turn again, how quickly do you expect him to be able to get back to what he was doing last year?
DABOLL: Well, he’s a pro. So, again, I think…
Q: But we’ve seen pros sulk before and it doesn’t seem like he did.
DABOLL: Yeah, I was going to say that, but you answered it for me.
Q: I’m curious what you think of (defensive lineman) Dexter Lawrence’s play because one of your own legends, (former linebacker) Carl Banks, was pretty critical of Dexter this morning and his play so far and suggested that maybe he’s not all the way back from his injury or a million other things. I know you’ve said that he gets double-teamed a lot, but he’s always gotten double-teamed a lot. So why do you think you’re not seeing the production from Dex this year that we’ve seen in the past?
DABOLL: Yeah, I have a lot of confidence in Dex on the field, as a leader for us. I’m glad we have him.
THE PLAYERS SPEAK…
Transcripts and video clips of the media sessions with the following players are available in The Corner Forum and on YouTube:
- OG Greg Van Roten (Video)
- DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (Video)
WHAT’S UP NEXT…
The players are off on Tuesday and there is no media availability to the team. The players return to practice on Wednesday.