As the Giants bottom out in Year 3 of Schoen’s regime, it’s hard to reconcile why he’s let a handful of his best players leave.

If the New York Giants decide to move on from Joe Schoen, here are seven candidates (plus a few) they could hire to replace him as GM.

New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll have faced plenty of criticism this season, including

New York Giants co-owner John Mara included an important qualifier in his vote of confidence for coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen last month. “We are not making any changes this season,” Mara said when the Giants were 2-5 on Oct. 23. “And I do not anticipate making any changes in the offseason either.”

The bold move, and the right one for NY Giants, is to give this regime another shot at pulling the organization out of this tail spin with conviction.