The New York Giants fired DC Shane Bowen and named Charlie Bullen the new coach of the defense. 

Giants star Dexter Lawrence, who will play on Monday Night Football against the New England Patriots despite dealing with an elbow injury, spoke about Bowen getting fired on Saturday. 

"I mean, it's a weird business," Lawrence said. "It's a weird business. He's been around the defense, so we've heard his voice and he's talked. Different seeing him up front, leading the whole group, but it's been a smooth transition, I guess you could say. He's not going outside of the box, anything else type of thing. So, I like the game plan, I'm excited for it and I'm ready to go.

"I don't know. I don't know. That's all I'm going to say. I don't know. I guess you don't have to but you have to do something, but I don't know."

The Giants are 30th in the NFL in points per game allowed. They are giving up 27.8 points per game. 

Bowen was hired by the Giants last season. He didn't even last two seasons in New York. 

So far, Lawrence likes what he sees from Bullen.

"Good, he's keeping it simple," Lawrence said. "He's allowing the guys just to fly around and be players, he's teaching that aggressiveness, that defensive swag that we should have. Even with five games left, just playing with your all, playing for each other, and showing that you are not going to quit on your guys and just keep playing."

Lawrence hasn't had a good season. He has only 0.5 sacks, 10 solo tackles, two tackles for loss and seven QB hits. The three-time Pro Bowler had 9.0 sacks last season. 

The Giants will miss the playoffs again this season. Some people believe Lawrence should sit out the rest of the campaign and recover from his injuries, but that likely won't happen. 

"I mean, obviously I want to be on the field as one of the better players on the team, but that wasn't the plan in that moment," Lawrence said. "Me and (defensive line coach Andre Patterson) Dre, we had something good working and they so happened to break it on the first play, and that's just how the game works sometimes. But I love playing football and I'm going to be on the field when I can."

The Giants (2-10) will probably get blown out by the Patriots, who are 10-2.