Interim Giants head coach Mike Kafka confirmed Monday that defensive coordinator Shane Bowen has been fired. Kafka said the choice was his, though he consulted general manager Joe Schoen before finalizing it. “My decision to make this move,” Kafka told reporters.

Mike Kafka did not admit this on another Bloody Monday for the Giants. The interim head coach was not going to come out and say he no longer trusted Shane Bowen as the defensive coordinator of a team that does not actually defend much of anything. The closest Kafka came to a critique was this: “The results just weren’t where we wanted them to be’’