Report: New York Giants to sign Shane Bowen as new defensive coordinator

According to reports, Shane Bowen has been hired as the New York Giants’ new defensive coordinator. He previously held the same role for the Tennessee Titans.

He spent the past six seasons in Tennessee before moving on to New York and has been coaching in the NFL for eight seasons overall. He spent three seasons as the Titans’ outside linebackers coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2021.

Bowen replaces Wink Martindale, who led New York’s defense to allow 361.7 yards per game and gave up 48 touchdowns — tied for the third-highest mark in the NFL during the regular season.

His highlight as Titans defensive coordinator came in 2022 when the Titans led the NFL in rushing defense for the first time since 2003. Under his guidance, Bowen’s defense ended the regular season with an NFL-low 76.9 total yards. They also ranked third in third-down defense in 2022, allowing a conversion rate of 34.2 percent (77 of 225).

Eli Manning fires shots at Tom Brady in Pro Bowl rap battle

Only a handful of quarterbacks can truly say they have one up on Tom Brady. But only one, just one, can say they have two up on the greatest signal-caller of all-time. That man is Eli Manning, who never misses an opportunity to remind you about it. 

Manning’s latest reminder that he owns two Super Bowl victories over Brady came at the 2024 Pro Bowl Games in Orlando this past weekend, in a rap battle of all things. “Noted lyricist Eli Manning cooks Tom Brady in a rap battle” isn’t a statement you’d expect to see, yet it’s the one the former New York Giants quarterback gave us.

“I’m Eli Manning. I’m nice,” Manning said. “Tom Brady’s the G.O.A.T.? Sike, I beat him twice!” 

It’s the 43-year-old in shades screaming, “hold me back, hold me back, hold me back” that really makes the video, as well as the NFC team going nuts at the unholy bars dropped on Brady. But Manning did, adding to all the fun the Pro Bowl Games provided this weekend.

In addition to being 2-0 over Brady in the Super Bowl, Eli Manning is now 2-0 in the Pro Bowl Games over his brother, Peyton Manning. Eli’s NFC outlasted Peyton’s AFC, 64-59, in front of a crowd of 55,709 at Camping World Stadium. The two Manning brothers are surely making the most out of their retirement.