Former Giants defensive lineman and one-time Super Bowl champion Chris Canty campaigned for John Mara to make a big move with the club at 2-8 during its bye.

General manager Joe Schoen spread the message that management and New York Giants fans wanted to hear as the team limped into its bye week with a 2-8 record, a five-game losing streak and a second straight losing season all but assured.

Saquon Barkley went off again Thursday night. Which has to be absolutely embarrassing for Giants co-owner John Mara, who clearly didn’t want to lose his star running back in free agency — and especially didn’t want to lose him to the Eagles.

Schoen's bye week news conference was a no-win situation for the GM. Unfortunately, that made it a lot like the team he has assembled.

New York Giants GM Joe Schoen believes he has built a successful foundation in East Rutherford even though the results say otherwise.

“There’s no sense in going through a rebuild with the head coach and a general manager on the hot seat,” Canty said. “It’s been three years for (Brian) Daboll and (Joe) Schoen and frankly, that’s long enough.”

Staying the course is hard, especially when the results haven't been there, but that appears to be the plan from team ownership when it comes to general manager Joe Schoen, who when asked about his immediate future indicated that he would be allowed to continue trying to rebuild a franchise that’s been in shatters.

New York Giants GM Joe Schoen avoided offering any criticism of coach Brian Daboll and QB Daniel Jones in his press conference on Tuesday.

Giants are 2-8 at the bye week. Team brass is being questioned. But cleaning house yet again would be shortsighted and an emotional overreaction.

Brian Daboll, with GM Joe Schoen presiding, is the first Giants head coach ever to have two or fewer wins through 10 games in back-to-back seasons, according to Elias Sports Bureau. The last time the Giants franchise had two or fewer wins through 10 games in consecutive seasons was 51 years ago,