The New York Giants have undoubtedly overhauled their mentality and coaching staff since the hiring of head coach Joe Judge. Bringing in former head coaches Freddie Kitchens, and Jason Garrett was a positive move to help judge adapt to the NFL style.
Having served as the special-teams coordinator the past few seasons, Judge made the leap directly to head coach, which had been a rarity prior to this development. Co-owner John Mara didn’t need much convincing to hire the former Patriot coordinator, based on his immense attention to detail and the fundamentalist approach.
Having a young team with valuable draft capital helped Judge dive into the action and move forward with his style. Having people and players to support his mentality was a priority, and utilizing the fresh minds of his youth players is a priority.
Freddie Kitchens, who is most recently the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, had great things to say about Joe.
He primarily harped on Joe’s attention to positive habits. Holding people accountable and being extremely organized should promote a more successful team on game day. With the NFL regular season set to start in less than a month, things have to come together rather quickly.
#Giants #Kitchens on judge – always thought he was a very bright guy……"it's all about going to work everyday and kind of building those habits and joe's done a fantastic job over the years of continuing on that path"
— GiantsWFAN (@giantswfan) August 23, 2020
#Giants #Kitchens on judge now – think he's doing a fantastic job of getting everybody focused….and holding guys accountable….very organized.
— GiantsWFAN (@giantswfan) August 23, 2020
The New York Giants are making progress:
Judge had plenty of positive things to say about his team’s Friday intrasquad scrimmage. The intensity and knowledge of the playbook have been apparent with a young nucleus of players, but a lot more work needs to be done before they are game ready. This off-season has been incredibly challenging for a first your head coach, but Judge has taken everything in stride and has instilled confidence in the fan-base up to this point.
With a rookie left tackle in Andrew Thomas and Xavier McKinney manning the free safety spot, I fully expect 2020 to be a developmental season. Judge understands that the rebuild is still underway, and he is approaching every day with that fact in mind.