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Giants’ GM Joe Schoen explains getting on the coaches’ headset

I guess we can call it ‘Headset-Gate.’

Remember during the season when New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen spent a few games plugged into the headset monitoring sideline communication between head coach Brian Daboll and his assistant coaches?

Schoen spent time on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine explaining what took place, and why it happened.

The GM pushed back on the idea that he was on the headset because of concerns about emotional outbursts from Daboll making it difficult for assistant coaches to do their jobs.

Reports of friction between Daboll and now former defensive coordinator Wink Martindale had surfaces the morning of that Commanders game.