Dave Gettleman is expected to step down as Giants GM after this season, his fourth in the role, and the organization may again be looking inward to fill its top front office post.
Kevin Abrams, the team’s assistant GM, will be a strong contender to succeed Gettleman, Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports notes. While the Giants’ past hires would not paint an Abrams rise as a big surprise, the team continuing business as usual after the past five seasons would be a controversial strategy.
A Giants staffer since 1999, Abrams has established a versatile skillset. The Giants hired him as a cap analyst early during Ernie Accorsi‘s GM stay. Abrams has since been the team’s assistant GM for the past 20 years, working under Accorsi, Jerry Reese and Gettleman. The Giants interviewed Abrams for the job in 2017 but opted to go with Gettleman, who was a longtime Giants staffer before taking over as the Panthers’ GM in 2013.
Ownership views Abrams as a “very worthy” in-house option, per La Canfora. The Giants’ three previous GMs have worked with the team before being tabbed to lead the front office.
Reese was with the Giants for 13 seasons before being promoted to GM. Gettleman was on staff for 15 years, from 1998-2012, before heading to Carolina. Even Accorsi, who had GM experience prior to coming to New York, was the team’s assistant GM for four years before taking over. Abrams worked extensively with all three. He interviewed for the Lions job that went to Bob Quinn in 2016 but has not been connected to any other outside positions since.
Not a Giants fan, but there’s no way people could get excited by this hire. There are few teams in the league who need fresh perspective more than the Giants.
This is a Giants fans biggest nightmare. All they are doing is replacing the name on the door. The policies and results will be the same.
Abrams is head of the cap, and considering we’ve been in cap hell for years what does that say about his competence?
For the love of everything, hire someone who never worked for the Giants before. This would be the worst decision possible. Absolutely nothing would change.
Prioritizing continuity is fine when you have strong leadership and organizational structure that works, but at some point you’re just stubbornly clinging to the tattered scraps of an era that’s long gone. The Giants have passed that point.
The Giants look like a team that could be a seasonal tanker so in that respect having an Abrams makes some sense.
I think we should see what Abrams brings to the table before dismissing him outright. Reese, Accorsi, and Gettleman are three different GMs. Two of them won Superbowls. There’s no guarantee that Abrams will do anything exactly like Gettleman or even his two prior superiors.
Don’t get me wrong, an “in house hire” doesn’t seem the most ideal for NYG right now, but I’d like to see more of what Abrams thinks before assigning him a line of thinking.
What’s the popular saying? “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten?”
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The problem is the owner not the guys he blindly promotes
Looks like fans can look forward to 15 years of lousy football with this type of promote in house candidates philosophy!
Are they trying to out-Jets the Jets? It sure seems it.
Please not Abrams. We need someone from the outside and wipe the slate clean.
As a Giant fan, I’m not exactly doing cartwheels over this move. The Gints need an enema; a complete over-haul, from the FO to the sidelines (ya, I know, Joe Judge is a nice guy, and it’s not all his fault; but he hasn’t exactly coached up the talent).
It’s time for some new blood all around.
The Mara family is brain dead! Most organizations strive to win a Super Bowl The Giants strive to be mediocre
Clean house Getty Judge Abrams Jones, sequon,
Keep GANO and that’s it
I’d rather have Dave Meggett as GM
LT for GM