Interim head coach Mike Kafka confirmed on Monday morning that Shane Bowen has been fired and that outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen will take over as interim defensive coordinator for the New York Giants.

Kafka’s decision reversed course after he had said following Sunday’s 34-27 overtime loss that he had “a lot of confidence” in Bowen. It came two games into Kafka’s tenure as interim after the firing of former head coach Brian Daboll.

“I just had an opportunity to watch the tape, look back at a few weeks, watch a lot of the defense, watch a lot of what was kind of going on, the communication, and just felt like this was the right time to do it,” Kafka said. “When I got the job, you know, quickly I didn’t want to make a lot of rash decisions and jump to anything really quick. I w

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