New York Giants reward Joe Schoen with new contract despite little proof rebuild is working: report

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On behalf of Giants fans everywhere ... what's the deal?

Announced Thursday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported that the New York Giants have signed general manager Joe Schoen to a multi-year contract extension.

You don't have to be part of the Pat Leonard anti-Schoen brigade to be stunned by the news, either.

For a franchise buried under nearly a decade of instability, losing seasons and front-office dysfunction, the obvious question here is ... what exactly has Schoen earned?

Also, at the precipice of what could be a "new era" of winning Giants football, committing to one of the lingering thorns of past disastrous Giants seasons comes off as a confusing development ... let's check the facts around Joe Schoen.

GIANTS STICK WITH GM JOE SCHOEN DESPITE ANOTHER LOSING SEASON, CITING NEED FOR 'CONTINUITY AND STABILITY'

Since taking over in 2022, Schoen has overseen a 22-45-1 record.

New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen reacts during Back Together Weekend at the team's NFL training camp in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 27, 2025. (Adam Hunger/AP)

Yes, there was the surprise playoff run during his first season, and the wild-card upset over Minnesota.

But since then, the Giants have steadily regressed, bottoming out with a disastrous four-win campaign in 2025 that cost Brian Daboll his job and forced ownership to once again reshuffle the organizational structure.

What makes the timing even stranger is that this extension