The New York Giants parted ways with assistant offensive line coach Bryan Cox during their bye week, and the last straw that led to the decision was a bizarre one.
Cox, an assistant offensive line coach with the Giants since 2022, was fired during the team’s bye week. Dan Duggan of The Athletic reported Wednesday that the last straw was Cox’s reaction to assistant coaches being seated at the back of the team plane on the flight home from the team’s 33-15 loss to the New England Patriots on Dec. 1. Typically, assistant coaches had sat near the front of the plane.
Mike Kafka again declined to share any details on what led to the firing of assistant defensive line coach Bryan Cox during the bye week.
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) December 10, 2025
Sources say the final straw was Cox’s reaction to the seating arrangement being changed on the flight home from the Patriots game. The…
Duggan noted that Cox was close with former head coach Brian Daboll, so there was already tension behind-the-scenes stemming from Daboll’s firing earlier this season. It was unclear why this specific situation escalated further, and interim coach Mike Kafka declined to answer questions about it on Wednesday.
This latest headline is another awkward one in what has been a very messy season for the Giants. The team currently sits at 2-11, with many of those losses coming via blown leads or close defeats. The fact that some frustration is boiling over is understandable. Few would have expected a seating arrangement on a team flight to be the trigger for it, though.
Cox is a fiery figure and always has been, so this perhaps should not come as a total surprise. Still, it’s a very odd reason to start a disagreement on a team plane.
