There are several reasons why Giants general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll could get fired — perhaps even before the end of this season. Beyond just the team’s 2-9 record (and six-game losing streak) — which follows last season’s 6-11 debacle — this regime has been horrific against the NFC East.

New York Giants co-owner John Mara included an important qualifier in his vote of confidence for coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen last month. “We are not making any changes this season,” Mara said when the Giants were 2-5 on Oct. 23. “And I do not anticipate making any changes in the offseason either.”

If the New York Giants get embarrassed by the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday in similar fashion to the way they were embarrassed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, it is not hard to imagine Brian Daboll not being the head coach when the Giants host the New Orleans Saints in Week 14.