John Mara explains Chris Mara’s front office role, more takeaways

John MaraNew York Giants co-owner John Mara strongly rebutted charges of nepotism and his family having too heavy of a hand in the inner workings of the front office during a virtual news conference on Tuesday.

Mara was alternately testy about questions regarding the role of family members, particularly Chris Mara in the front office and remorseful about the poor decision-making of the past few years.

Let’s go through the takeaways from a post-season press conference that comes amidst a fourth head-coaching search and second general manager search since Tom Coughlin was let go in 2015.

The family business

Chris Mara, John Mara’s brother is the team’s senior vice president of player personnel.…