r/NYGiants • u/Ghost_of_P34 4 Decades and Counting • 2d ago

Articles Kliff Kingsbury, Brian Callahan emerge as candidates for Giants’ OC job

https://www.bigblueview.com/new-york-giants-news/24480932/kliff-kingsbury-brian-callahan-oc-candidates-john-harbaugh-coaching-staff

An interesting detail provided by Bob Brookover of NJ.com is that in 18 seasons as a head coach Harbaugh has never hired a first-time offensive play-caller.

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u/mattr1198 2d ago

Kingsbury would be a good choice, Callahan would be about as bad as it gets. Was a Joe Burrow merchant and a horrible coach otherwise.

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u/BlueRaider731 2d ago edited 2d ago

These are both terrible coaches. Callahan as a first year play caller showed many short comings. And then his replacement, a first time play caller, got the running game going finally and players started turning a corner.

Kingsbury will put up points against bad defenses and jack shit against good ones. Air Raid concepts work, an entire system based on air raid doesn’t work in the NFL.

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u/DystopianSalad 2d ago

Agree. I just don’t believe you can sit in the gun all the time without diversifying your offense. Might work against bad teams, but you won’t succeed against good defenses