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Giants Interview Bills DC Leslie Frazier for Head Coaching Vacancy

The Giants are pushing ahead in their quest to find their new head coach and have completed their second of what's expected to be five interviews with different candidates.
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Giants Interview Bills DC Leslie Frazier for Head Coaching Vacancy
Giants Interview Bills DC Leslie Frazier for Head Coaching Vacancy

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The New York Giants have interviewed Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, the second of what's believed to be a five-man field for their vacant head coaching position (Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, and Giants defensive coordinator Patrick Graham being the others).

The 62-year-old Frazier met with new Giants general manager Joe Schoen and team co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch via video conference.

Frazier, who, in addition to being the Bills defensive coordinator, is also the Bills assistant head coach, and is a former NFL defensive back who was a member of the Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl championship team.

New York isn't wasting any time in getting their head coaching search under way, as they start things off with Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.

The New York Giants have a new general manager.

Rome wasn't built in a day and it's probably going to take some time for new Giants GM Joe Schoen to straighten out a broken Giants franchise. He'll likely start in the following areas.

The Giants will have a new head coach and general manager whose first task will be determining which core players to retain. Coach Gene Clemons offers up his list of just a few who will likely be part of the new regime's inaugural year.

Since retiring from an active playing career, he's been in the NFL coaching circles for the last 23 years, his prior positions including stints with the Vikings, for whom he was the head coach, and the Eagles, Bengals, Colts, Bucs, Ravens, and Bills as either a position coach or as a coordinator.

Frazier's Bills defense finished at the top of the 2021 season in several categories. They allowed the fewest points-per-game (17.0), fewest total yards (272.8), and passing yards (163.0) a game, fewest yards-per-play (4.6), and first downs a game (16.8) and the lowest opposing third-down conversion percentage (30.8 on 66 successes in 214 attempts).

Buffalo also tied for third with 30 takeaways and has finished in the top 10 in that category in each of Frazier's five seasons as defensive coordinator.

As an NFL defensive back, Frazier amassed 20 interceptions for 343 return yards and two touchdowns over a five-year playing career that began in 1981. He also led Chicago in interceptions in three consecutive seasons. Frazier tore his ACL during Super Bowl XX and never played again.

 

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Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for 30+ seasons, and her work has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and the Sports Illustrated media group. As a credentialed New York Giants press corps member, Patricia has also covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. She is the author of The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants. In addition to her work with New York Giants On SI, Patricia hosts the Locked On Giants podcast. Patricia is also a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America.

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