ARLINGTON, Texas — There was a disturbance in the force around the Giants this week.
A swirl in the air that Brian Daboll might not make it past this weekend if his team got blown out on Thanksgiving in much the manner it did last Sunday in losing 30-7 to the Buccaneers. The force can be feckless, though, and there is no definitive proof that any move would have been made, no matter how bad the Giants looked against one of the weakest versions of the Cowboys that we have seen in years.
Yes, co-owner John Mara said not that long ago that he was not going to make any change with Daboll or general manager Joe Schoen during this season. That was back when the Giants were 2-5. In the here and now, ownership was not going to take kindly to seeing the Giants get embarrassed again, this time on national television by a despised NFC East rival that is in the midst of its own lousy season.
Well, the Giants were not routed. They actually held a lead — for the first time since Week 5 — for a short while. They trailed by only 13-10 at halftime, but then they remembered who they are and were dominated. In the end, they went down, losing 27-20. It was not as close as that — the Giants were down 27-10 when Drew Lock ran for a touchdown with 2:18 remaining. It was the seventh consecutive loss for Daboll and the Giants (2-10), and as it stands right now, they own the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
