The Giants buried the news in the sixth paragraph of the announcement that they fired head coach Brian Daboll , which means even this team’s press releases collapse in the second half.

Joe Schoen will return as general manager. The architect of a roster with a 3-19 record over the past 22 games gets a reprieve because, in the words of co-owner John Mara, Schoen “has assembled a good young nucleus of talent.”

And now we have our proof: There is no mistake too big for the Giants to repeat.

Think back to December 2019. The Giants had to get rid of Pat Shurmur, who compiled a 9-23 record in two seasons, but Mara and co-owner Steve Tisch gave a hall pass to the man who built the roster. Dave Gettleman got to stick around, Mara said, because they wanted to “give him a chance to finish w

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