The New York Giants have fired two coaches this season.
The New York Giants fired Shane Bowen as defensive coordinator on Monday.
Star Brian Burns has now lost two coaches this season: Bowen and head coach Brian Daboll.
"It was just a bummer because I like Shane and I worked with him this whole year being a leader, well and last year," Burns said. "But being a leader of the defense, we had to develop a certain relationship, so that's why it's a bummer.
"But like I just said, it's the nature of the business. Once you have that first fire, things start to kind of happen from there. I've seen it before, so it's not like a crazy shocker, but it's just tough sometimes having that relationship with somebody for so long and then they just leave, you know?"
The Giants are 30th in the NFL in points per game allowed. They are giving up 27.8 points per game.
Burns, who has 13.0 sacks on the season, will now be coached by Charlie Bullen.
"Charlie's a smart coach," Burns said. "I feel like he's been around a lot, he has a lot of experience, he was under a great tree, and just talking ball with him every day, watching extensive film with him every day, I picked up on his football knowledge.
"So, I think it's a good – but I feel like on our defensive staff, we could have really went either way. All our coaches are experienced and are very smart, so I feel like we could have went either way, but they chose Charlie and I'm grateful for that because me and him have a very, very tight relationship."
Burns is having a terrific season. Along with his 13.0 sacks, the former Carolina Panthers star has 34 solo tackles, 17 tackles for loss and 21 QB hits.
Unfortunately, the Giants are only 2-10 despite Burns playing like a superstar.
"Yeah, I mean, man, look, we've got five left," Burns said. "Kind of like, I guess if you want to look at it as a clean slate, you can, but we've got five left, five guaranteed and that's all we're going to get. So, I mean, why not? This is the end of the season, all the goals that you wanted to hit that you had penciled out before the season, why not go out there and give it all you've got to get to it. If you want to look at it as a clean slate, you can.
"I mean, I've kind of been looking at the back half of the season as, I'm going to go all out regardless of our record or regardless of whatever we're eliminated, whatever. It doesn't really matter to me. What only matters when I'm between the white lines is the film that I put out there."
The Giants face the New England Patriots this week. The Patriots are heavy favorites to win.