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.

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,

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.

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,

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

New York has regressed hard since making a surprise playoff run two years ago and embark upon the offseason with the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft. A lot of work needs to be done to improve, and Mara just made it very clear it has to happen fast.

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,