New York Giants head coach Joe Judge, general manager Dave Gettleman and tight end Kelvin Benjamin talk on the field during Giants training camp at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Dave Gettleman had one last maneuver to doom Joe Judge’s tenure with the Giants: Retirement.
The former general manager certainly didn’t do the former head coach any favors in assembling a thin roster that could not compete once a rash of injuries took place. There were lots of questionable additions and inactions over their two years of working together that made it more difficult for the on-field product to find any success.