OCTOBER 6, 2025 BRIAN DABOLL PRESS CONFERENCE…
New York Giants Head Coach Brian Daboll addressed the media on Monday (VIDEO):
Q: When you looked back at the film, what stood out more when you watched as far as how (quarterback) Jaxson (Dart) did and maybe those turnovers a little bit?
DABOLL: I thought Jaxson did a lot of good things in this game. But the turnovers, again, the ball gets stripped out of our hand. Two minute. We’ve got to do a good job. (Saints linebacker Demario) Davis made a nice play on (wide receiver Darius Slayton) Slay, gets taken out of our hand. (Running back Cam) Skattebo, defensive end crosses, attacks his face and gets it out. All going into the scoring zone. Hard to win. There are not many teams that have had an 0 and 5 turnover ratio and won a game in the last 25 years. Not much different than what I said last night.
Q: The two tight end set, is that something that you guys might look at going forward just given how well (tight end Daniel) Bellinger and (tight end) Theo (Johnson) played?
DABOLL: I thought they did a nice job. Two guys we’ve got a lot of trust in.
Q: With regard to Jaxson, you obviously knew of his quality in terms of his accountability in the work you did with him. But last night was the first moment he had and the way he reacted with such accountability, talking to his teammates. I’m just curious in your mind, how important is that? What is the importance of that, especially at his age, to have behaved this way in facing his first adversity?
DABOLL: I understand that. I’m not saying he was the same, but even after the first game he played and we won, he goes back to the things that he could have done better. I’ve got a tremendous amount of respect for the young man and how he’s handled really everything on the field, off the field. It’s no surprise that’s the type of guy that he is. He’s a pleasure to work with. I don’t want to sell him short, and I know what he’ll say, but I thought he did a lot of good things that gave us chances. We’ve got to take advantage of those chances.
Q: How does that resonate with the teammates? You’ve been around a million teams. How powerful can that be, especially coming from such a young guy?
DABOLL: I think they all respect Jaxson for his talents, one, and how he is. He’s a pretty humble guy. They see how he works. They know he’s a rookie. Again, there are going to be ups and downs. There’s no young quarterback I’d rather have to work with than Jaxson.
Q: From a receiver standpoint, obviously (Jalin) Hyatt and (Beaux) Collins both had their mistakes yesterday. Do you have enough receivers here to get through the season behind Wan’Dale (Robinson) and Darius Slayton, or do changes have to be made to this roster?
DABOLL: I thought the distribution of the – whether you want to call them tight ends or receivers, doesn’t really matter to me – was pretty even across the board with Theo and Belly and Wan’Dale and Slay. Those young guys are going to have to do a good job of making sure that they’re on top of their things, which I know they work hard to do. Based on personnel groups and what we want to use, it could be more, could be less, but they all have got to be ready to go.
Q: What are you seeing from the secondary on defense? You have a lot of big investments there, whether draft picks or big contracts, and it doesn’t quite seem like those guys are making plays. They’re actually giving up quite a few big plays over the first five games. What are you seeing from your secondary?
DABOLL: I think they’ve been competitive. We gave up that big one, a big 87-yarder, which we’d like to have back. Other than that, I don’t think there was an explosive play throughout the game yesterday. I thought they did a good job of hanging in there when we turn the ball over five times and give them opportunity after opportunity, to only come away with 13 points instead of more than that. It was a good thing for them.
Q: I think there’s a lot of interest on the outside on the process of how you guys come up with your game day roster. Who’s going to be up, who’s going to be pulled up from the practice squad, empty spots, all that kind of stuff. Is that something you and (senior vice president and general manager) Joe (Schoen) discuss? You always say, ‘We’re going to talk about that’ on Fridays. Who’s we and how does that process work?
DABOLL: Joe, myself, coordinators, position coaches, we all discuss it. There’s special teams involved. I’d say special teams is an important aspect, which I think our guys have done a good job with. What we can go with. Do we need to go with four? Do we need to go with three? Do we need to go with two? Can someone offer more position flexibility at a certain position? Those are all discussions that we have on a week-to-week basis.
Q: I know it’s early on Monday, but you’ve got a quick turnaround. Anything on the status of Slayton for Thursday and (running back) Tyrone Tracy (Jr.) for Thursday?
DABOLL: I’m meeting with these guys at 11:15. I just got a text about it. Usually I meet with them after I talk with you guys and I’ll go right up there after this.
Q: Aside from Darius Slayton, how did you guys come out of the game?
DABOLL: I’ll find that out in about seven minutes.
Q: When you talk about the Eagles, have you already started working on them? Were you guys doing that last week as well knowing that it was a short game? How did you go about doing that?
DABOLL: The breakdown coaches were, but all our focus was on New Orleans. We’ve been meeting for a while this morning, watching some last night. But we’ve got a lot of work to catch up on and that’s what we’re doing right now.
THE COORDINATORS SPEAK…
Transcripts and video clips of the media sessions with the following coordinators are available in The Corner Forum and on YouTube:
- Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator Mike Kafka (Video)
- Defensive Coordinator Shane Bowen (Video)
- Special Teams Coordinator Michael Ghobrial (Video)
WHAT’S UP NEXT…
Head Coach Brian Daboll and select players address the media on Tuesday.