Giants Name Ranks Among 'Century's Worst NFL Coaches'

Since Tom Coughlin stepped down following the 2016 season, the New York Giants have struggled to find a competent coach to lead their organization.

Many different top men have been hired. None of them have been able to forge a record much if at all over .500 during their stretch with the G-Men. Not even New York's current head coach, Brian Daboll, has been able to field a consistent winner through his first three years. ... though he does have a 9-7-1 mark and a playoff berth to his credit.

Daboll's struggles pale in comparison to those of his most disliked predecessor, though.

Joe Judge lasted just two years at the helm of New York. He went just 10-23, made a mountain of questionable in-game and in-building decisions, and was quickly removed after a four-win season in 2021.

Judge's legacy with the Giants is such that he landed on CBS Sports and Cody Benjamin's list of this century's 25 worst coaching hires at 17th.

"Was he miscast as a special-teams coordinator-turned-head coach, destined for trouble coming from the buttoned-up Bill Belichick-run New England Patriots to the big-market New York Giants?" Benjamin said.

There were plenty of reasons why Judge failed in New York. Arguably, the biggest was his relationship with quarterback Daniel Jones. The former sixth-overall pick regressed significantly during his years with the team.

Jones helped the Giants win their first playoff game in a decade the following year with Daboll as coach. Jones may not have turned into a quality quarterback after all - he's now with the Colts and chasing a job - but his confidence was shattered when he played under Judge.

That was the case for plenty of New York's other players as well. Oh, yeah, and it was also the case for members of the Giants coaching staff who were befuddled by Judge's buddy system and by all the things he simply didn't seem to know about the job.

Judge's time in New York will be remembered as a colossal mess for the franchise.

And in New York? We bet the fans view is that him coming in at 17 on the list by Benjamin may be too low.