Charlie Bullen gets chance to right his Giants wrongs from coordinator debut

At least the next time will not be the first time.Charlie Bullen got through his debut as a novice defensive coordinator, making the in-game calls for the first time two weeks ago in the Giants’ 33-15 loss to the Patriots.Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.

There were some good moments and plenty of not good in another bad day at the office for the Giants.Bullen replaced Shane Bowen, who was fired by interim head coach Mike Kafka after the Week 12 loss at Detroit.Bullen, previously the outside linebackers coach, gets another crack at it Sunday against the Commanders.“I would say probably the coolest thing for me or biggest not unforeseen thing about it is there’s a rhythm and a flow that I felt myself get into in the game that felt pretty comfortable, and you can’t replicate that until you go through it,” Bullen said.“Not knowing what that would feel like or what that actually becomes in-game, I just didn’t have that feel.

So, in the preparation two weeks ago leading into New England week, I was chasing everything, looking at everything, the volume, scripting everything, and it was a lot.“Now having been through that and knowing how the game goes and how the flow goes and getting a feel for the opposing play-caller, that’s actually shaped how I’ve approached this game-week process.So that was the biggest unforeseen part of it, but it was actually pretty cool, and I’m glad that I now have that experience.”Special teams follies played a big part in the Patriots reaching 33 points.

Bullen’s unit allowed just three points in the second half.If not for Lane Kiffin, Jaxson Dart might not have developed over the course of his three years at Ole Miss to become a first-round draft pick.Dart is close with Kiffin, and naturally was a highly interested bystander when Kiffin made a mess of his departure for LSU.“Yeah, crazy,” Dart said.

“I think with Kiff, he kind of ...