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Eli Manning reacts to Lane Kiffin being suggested for Giants head coaching job: 'I'm staying out of that business'

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Eli Manning made his stance clear on the New York Giants potentially hiring Lane Kiffin as their next head coach. While speaking to the New York Post, Manning was asked about his reaction to Kiffin being suggested for the Giants’ head coaching job.

“I’m staying out of that business,” Eli Manning said. The Giants are looking for a new head coach after firing Brian Daboll this week.

It wouldn’t be a big surprise if the Giants speak to Lane Kiffin about the head coaching position since he would be reunited with quarterback Jaxson Dart. Kiffin is the head coach at Ole Miss, and Dart played for him from 2022 to 2024.

It’s not likely that Kiffin will make the move to the NFL, since multiple college teams seem to be after him. One of the schools reportedly interested in the 50-year-old coach is Florida, the team Ole Miss is playing this week. Kiffin has NFL coaching experience, as he was head coach for the Oakland Raiders for all of the 2007 season and four games in 2008. In 20 games, Kiffin posted a 5-15 record.

Eli Manning shared thoughts on Brian Daboll earlier this year

It’s unclear whether the Giants have Kiffin on their radar. However, they will need someone who can help them return to the playoffs for the first time since the 2022 season. Daboll was with the Giants for nearly four seasons and posted a 20-40-1 record.

Earlier this year, Manning said what Daboll needed to do to help the Giants turn things around. “With coach Coughlin, he understood, made some changes, I think it was because he knew he had great leadership in a lot of guys who had been around for a number of years, been used to his system and he could let us take over some of that leadership responsibilities with the team,’’ Manning said at a Guiding Eyes for the Blind event at the Penn Club in Manhattan in Jaurary, per the New York Post. “Daboll, hey, you got to be yourself though, you got to coach the only way you know how to coach, and I think he does a good job, and you can’t let one tough season impact the way you’re gonna be or the way you’re gonna coach.’’