The NFL is all about connections, and the New York Giants have one with former Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera. Big Blue’s Dave Gettleman resided as the general manager in Carolina from 2013-17, working with Rivera in each one of those years.
Rivera was fired last month by the Panthers after having been their coach since 2011. This week, he signed a five-year deal to be the new coach of the Washington Redskins. The Giants ended up possessing a head-coaching vacancy, being that they fired Pat Shurmur. Therefore, was New York even interested in interviewing and potentially hiring Rivera to be the next man up?