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What ‘final straw’ was for Giants firing former Patriots Super Bowl champion (report)
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The Giants return from their bye week without one of their assistant coaches.
New York fired assistant Bryan Cox following its 33-15 loss to the New England Patriots on Dec. 1. Cox spent 12 years in the NFL and was part of the Patriots’ Super Bowl XXXVI team that beat the then-St. Louis Rams.
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Cox, coached the defensive line, joined the Giants in 2022.
Interim coach Mike Kafka didn’t share further details about Cox’s firing, or why the team decided to part ways with him.
The Athletic’s Dan Duggan reported the “final straw” was how Cox reacted to his seat being changed on the Giants’ plane home from the Patriots game.
“The assistant coaches typically sit near the front of the plane, but they were moved to the back on that flight,” Duggan reported . “Why that was a big deal and what exactly transpired from there to lead to Cox’s firing is unclear. But there has obviously been a lot of unrest with the coaching staff this season and Cox is very close with Brian Daboll, so sources weren’t surprised that things ended acrimoniously.”
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The Giants 2025 season has been one to forget. They fired coach Brian Daboll after a 2-8 start , have been eliminated from the playoffs and have had a quarterback carousel between benching Russell Wilson and Jaxson Dart suffering a concussion in Week 10.
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