Giants assistant GM Brandon Brown’s name popped up on this list — and he’s certainly well respected both in the organization and across the league — though it’s unclear if Mara would want to hire from within after such a disastrous past two seasons.

New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen is reportedly not very popular in the locker room and among players “at all.”

Schoen's bye week news conference was a no-win situation for the GM. Unfortunately, that made it a lot like the team he has assembled.

The New York Giants have a 2-8 record heading into their bye week and general manager Joe Schoen acknowledged this is not where he expected to be in the third year of his rebuild with coach Brian Daboll.