Former Packers Assistant Ben McAdoo Now Giants Coach

“Contrary to what I’ve read in a few places about this being an uninspired group, we thought all six were excellent”, a frowning Mara said.

McAdoo earned praise for his work with Manning, who completed 63 percent of his passes the past two seasons under McAdoo’s tutelage and threw for 65 touchdowns with only 28 interceptions.

McAdoo, who at 38 is now the second youngest head coach in the National Football League behind newly-hired Adam Gase in Miami, spent the past two seasons as New York’s offensive coordinator, and in that time turned veteran quarterback Eli Manning back into the player that had been a two-time Super Bowl MVP prior to hitting a rut in 2013.

It also probably helped that New York’s NFC East rivals, the Philadelphia Eagles, were making a strong push to pry McAdoo away for their own head coaching vacancy, according to multiple reports.

Though the Giants’ offense has flourished over the last two years, the team hasn’t.

Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is expected to be back, and Joe Philbin, who worked with McAdoo in Green Bay, is expected to replace him as offensive coordinator.

“I have been preparing for this moment my entire professional life, and without the guidance and support of many people, I would not be here right now”, McAdoo said.

The Eagles offense gave the Redskins fits during the first season of the Kelly-Shurmur regime, but Washington eventually cracked the code and is now riding a three-game winning streak against Philadelphia.

Thursday’s announcement caps a relatively quick rise to what many argue is the best available job in the NFL. Ben McAdoo was at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center at 6 a.m., before the sun had even risen and just hours after it became evident he’d become the 18th head coach in franchise history.

Pederson, before joining Reid in Kansas City, was the Eagles’ quarterbacks coach in 2011 and 2012.

McAdoo’s hiring creates a seamless transition for Manning and top receiving target Odell Beckham Jr.as they’ve thrived in a West Coast system. Pederson technically wouldn’t be able to take the job until the Chiefs’ season is over, They’re road underdogs Saturday versus the New England Patriots in the divisional round of the playoffs.

Coughlin, 69, stepped down under pressure from Giants’ ownership at the end of his fourth consecutive season without a playoff appearance with the Giants.

Washington won the division and then promptly got clobbered at home on wildcard weekend by Green Bay.

He made nine starts for Philly in 1999, going 2-7.

Last season the Giants ranked No. 7 in passing yards with just over 271 yards per contest and No. 19 in rushing with over 100 yards per game.