Davis Webb shouldn’t be the one former Giants quarterback on the team’s offensive coordinator radar. Alex Tanney is on this race as well. Multiple Colts staffers who coached Daniel Jones last season have received interview slips from the Giants.
The Giants sent Tanney an OC meeting request Thursday, ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler tweets. The team also has scheduled an interview with Colts OC Jim Bob Cooter in regards to the job, per ESPN.com’s Peter Schrager.
With the Giants from 2018-20, Tanney was considered one of Jones’ backups. Hired by the Colts as their pass-game coordinator in 2024, Tanney spent last season coaching his former teammate. Cooter has been the Colts’ OC since 2023, but since the Giants’ OC post would involve play-calling duties, Indianapolis cannot block him from this lateral move.
Considering Jones’ mostly disappointing Giants tenure, it’s interesting the Giants have two of his Indianapolis mentors on their OC radar. Tanney served as considered one of Jones’ backups for 2 seasons, spending time on the practice squad and lively roster. Tanney, 38, only played in a single game with the team (throughout the 2019 season). But he has resurfaced as a promising assistant coach.
The Eagles employed Tanney as their QBs coach in 2023, promoting him after he spent two prior years on Nick Sirianni’s staff. Sirianni hired Tanney throughout the same offseason he retired. While Tanney only made his way into two profession games, he bounced around as a backup/P-squad option from 2012-20 before calling it quits in 2021.
The Colts hired Tanney in 2024, reuniting him with former Eagles boss Shane Steichen. Now, two of Steichen’s top assistants are in the combo to work under John Harbaugh in Recent York. Tanney was with nine NFL teams, however the Ravens weren’t amongst that group.
Weeks after the Giants cut Jones to wrap a six-year partnership, he drew free agent offers from the Colts and Vikings. Jones selected Indianapolis attributable to the higher probability it presented for a starting role, and Cooter was a key a part of his bounce-back season.
After never eclipsing seven yards per attempt in Recent York, Jones closed his injury-shortened Indy slate with an 8.1-yard average. The Colts were soaring on offense throughout the season’s first half, sitting at 8-2. Jones led the NFL in success rate and accomplished a career-high 68% of his passes to go along with 3,101 yards despite ending only 12 games.
Cooter and Tanney also were a part of the crew that helped Philip Rivers resemble a viable option despite nearly five years away from the sport. Rivers unretired and began three games. His effort against the Seahawks — which required a 56-yard Jason Myers game-winner to down the visitors — has aged moderately well considering Seattle’s defense-powered Super Bowl charge. Rivers then tallied 277 yards and two touchdown passes in a Monday-night outing against the 49ers, reflecting well on Steichen and his assistants.
Via PFR’s Offensive/Defensive Coordinator Search Tracker, here is how the Giants’ process stands following would-be hire Todd Monken being named Browns head coach: