Suddenly, the New York Giants are in search of a new coach and a new general manager.
The team fired second-year head coach Ben McAdoo and longtime general manager Jerry Reese on Monday after the team slipped to 2-10 on the season.
Luckily, this is New York, and the Giants will have no shortage of capable candidates. Here are three pairings that could take over Big Blue:
John Dorsey and Dave Toub
Dorsey has perhaps the strongest resume of all the available general managers. The Kansas City Chiefs parted ways with Dorsey this summer despite compiling a cumulative record of 43-21 in four years. His firing came after a 12-4 season and a successful 2017 draft in which he landed the team's quarterback of the future in a draft-day trade for Patrick Mahomes and plucked running back Kareem Hunt in the third round.
During his tenure, Dorsey also found stars Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill at mid-round value.
Related: An examination of how Dorsey shaped the Chiefs through the draft
Working against his case is Giants owner John Mara's disapproval of McAdoo's communication style and the report that Dorsey was let go by the Chiefs in part because of his communication skills.
As for Toub, he's considered a head coach-in-waiting. Toub joined the Chiefs the same year as Dorsey and has been in charge of the team's special teams ever since.
He alone does not deserve the credit for the individual successes of returner Hill, former kicker Cairo Santos, and punter Dustin Colquitt, but he had similar results in a decade-long stint in Chicago.
Toub interviewed for coaching vacancies in the offseason and should be expected to be a top candidate again after this season.
Dave Gettleman and Mike Shula
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Gettleman was another surprise firing this offseason. Gettleman took over a Carolina Panthers club that went 12-4 in 2013 and reached the Super Bowl in 2015, yet, after a 6-10 finish in 2016, he was let go.
The news came as a surprise to Panthers players and coaches. Ron Rivera even went as far as to say Gettleman "did a great job" in his time in Carolina. The results don't lie. Gettleman shouldn't be unemployed for long.
Shula remains the Panthers' offensive coordinator and is currently helping to steer the club to an 8-4 record and a possible return to the playoffs.
The 52-year-old has spent the majority of his coaching career in charge of the quarterbacks, and that will be a position of focus for a Giants club bracing for a future without Eli Manning.
Whether its Davis Webb or a quarterback selected with a top-10 pick in the upcoming draft, developing a QB will be a central task for New York's next coach.
Nick Caserio and Josh McDaniels
Last season, it was believed the Patriots' director of player personnel and offensive coordinator would be the new leaders of the San Francisco 49ers. Instead, the pair could remain on the East Coast.
Caserio has been a vital member of the Patriots' personnel department since 2008. He's long been a candidate to run his own team and Giants ownership will no doubt hope to land the biggest fish possible.
McDaniels' last stint as an NFL head coach lasted just as long as McAdoo's. However, he's spent the past seven years building back up his resume and stocking his coffers with Super Bowl rings. McDaniels will be a coach again, it's just a matter of when.
A vacancy with a marquee team in the high-profile NFC East represents a likely fit for the offensive wunderkind.
