Heading into a vital third season in New York, Brian Daboll is, indeed, taking back play-calling duties.
The Giants head coach told reporters on Tuesday that he planned to call offensive plays in 2024.
"Yeah, I’m doing it,” Daboll bluntly replied, declining to provide any further detail of when went into the decision, per Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com.
Daboll said in March that he was considering taking over play-calling duties after offensive coordinator Mike Kafka ran the show the first two years in New York.
Things trended toward Daboll officially taking over the duties most of the offseason. Receiver Darius Slayton noted in July that the head coach had taken on a larger role in the offensive meetings this offseason. Daboll returned to play-calling role during the preseason.
The 49-year-old coach made it official on Tuesday.
It’s no surprise that after last year’s offensive struggles, Daboll would return to his bread-and-butter. He earned the Big Blue gig in part because of his play-calling prowess with Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. If he’s going down in New York, he’ll go down swinging.
Earlier this offseason, Kafka didn’t lament the possibility that he could have play-calling duties wrestled away, noting that it would be similar to his time in Kansas City.
“I’ll kind of lean back on my experience in Kansas City a little bit where Coach [Andy] Reid is the primary play-caller, and the coordinators that were under him -- whether it be Eric Bieniemy, Matt Nagy -- those guys are super involved,” Kafka said in June, per SNY TV. “So I have that experience of being in a system like that. It’s pretty typical around the league, coaches doing that. So whatever decision Dabes wants to go with, I fully support.”
Daboll decided he’ll be the one in Daniel Jones’ ear in 2024.