New York Giants co-owner John Mara took quite a bit of heat this week after announcing that he was retaining both general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll after a second consecutive miserable season.

Giants owner John Mara named the team’s “No. 1 issue” for the offseason after deciding to retain Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll.

New York Giants co-owner John Mara knows fans were rooting for a “tank” but he would have “fired everybody” had they actually tanked.

The Giants had the No. 1 pick in their grasp heading into Week 17 but then they beat the Colts, which dropped them out of the top spot, making it far more difficult to land quarterback Shedeur Sanders. There was no thought in Mara’s mind that his team should lose in order to retain that top pick.

After making the baffling decision to retain the failed third-year regime of general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll, Giants co-owner John Mara tried to explain himself. Mara — though not co-owner Steve Tisch — spoke to reporters Monday morning,

And Mara did not mince words when it comes to what his goals will be every gameday as long as he's alive and wields power. "If I had thought that we were tanking either one of those games, I would've fired everybody,

Schoen and Daboll just concluded an historically bad 3-14 campaign in the Giants’ 100th season as a franchise. It was the most losses by a Giants team in the club’s 100 years.

NY Giants co-owner John Mara talks Monday about previous meetings with GM Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll and discussions with co-owner Steve Tisch.

Though he didn't get into many specifics, Mara hinted at changes that will be coming to rectify New York's 3-14 season.

But as the season spiraled and Daniel Jones was replaced by Tommy DeVito, then Drew Lock, then DeVito, then Tim Boyle and then Lock again, the weight of Mara’s support started to fade extrinsically. At times,