When the New York Giants hired Jerry Schuplinski to be Daniel Jones’ new quarterbacks coach, the New York media and fans all reacted the same way.
Who?
Well, as it turns out, Schuplinski has gotten that reaction from just about everyone during his career as a coach and teacher. But those who have been around him will tell you he’s a commanding presence who leaves an indelible impression.
In his last stop, Schuplinski coached the Miami Dolphins quarterbacks under new head coach Brian Flores and gained the respect of everyone in the building, including Hall of Famer Dan Marino.
Ryan Fitzpatrick, a well-traveled 14-year NFL veteran who has seen just about everything there is to see in this league, has nothing but praise for Schuplinski.
“He does a great job of slowing things down and explaining on each play the pre-snap keys, what’s happening post-snap,” Fitzpatrick said, via the New York Post. “We have to process so much information at the line of scrimmage that finding ways to simplify it and little cheats to speed up the way you are thinking about things, he does a nice job of teaching it that way.”
New head coach Joe Judge is emphasizing that his coaches be teachers as well as strategists. It won’t be much of a stretch for Schuplinski, who is a former math teacher. He and Giants’ quarterback Daniel Jones, an economics major at Duke, should get along swimmingly.
:More so than being a football-lifer, he is an educator,” said Fitzpatrick. “For me, as a veteran guy who has had a ton of quarterback coaches, he understands the game really well so we were able to talk about it at a pretty high level. It’s a tough loss for the Dolphins, but I think it’s a great move for New York.”
