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Giants news, 1/31: Jaxson Dart is a franchise quarterback, John Harbaugh’s focus on Eagles

Good morning, New York Giants fans!

From Big Blue View

Other Giant observations

How did John Harbaugh react to losing his top assistant? ‘I tried to talk him out of it’ | NJ.com

John Harbaugh admitted that it caught him by surprise when the Cleveland Browns hired Todd Monken as their head coach on Wednesday.

“I tried to talk him out of it,” the new Giants coach told NJ Advance Media. “That’s my job, right. I really thought he was coming with us, but Cleveland was in there all along and he had been there before in 2019 as the offensive coordinator, so they knew him and he wanted this opportunity. He got it and I’m happy for him. I’m really kind of proud of him, but we’ve got to go to work….The good news is that there’s a lot of really good candidates. So that’s a positive.”

Harbaugh: We have to build a team to beat the Eagles

Giants should simply trust John Harbaugh’s experience in picking a coaching staff | New York Post

Giants have to nail offensive coordinator hire for quarterback Jaxson Dart | New York Daily News

The other priority of the Giants’ coaching search, however, was to do what was best for franchise quarterback Jaxson Dart. Every NFL team only goes as far as its QB is able to take them.

The Maras and Tiches have full trust in Harbaugh to find the right man after failing to deliver Monken. But there are questions right now about where this search will land and what it will mean for Dart. And although this is not a game that will show up in the NFL’s standings, it is fair to treat this search as Harbaugh’s first significant challenge as the Giants’ head coach: The challenge of finding the coach that is best for Dart and, by extension, best for the Giants in 2026 and beyond.

Can John Harbaugh’s Giants follow Mike Vrabel’s Patriots blueprint? | The Athletic

Examining the way the Patriots transformed their roster last offseason shows that their success is attributable to far more than just Vrabel’s arrival and Maye’s development. Thus, it will take much more than just Harbaugh and Dart to turn around the Giants.

The Giants’ financial situation is nowhere near as favorable as New England’s was last year…The Giants enter the offseason in need of starters at wide receiver, right guard, right tackle, defensive tackle, inside linebacker and cornerback. Reinforcements/upgrades are also necessary at tight end and safety. They will need a free agency period that mirrors the Patriots’ haul from last season to address all those holes.

The advantage for the Giants is they’re starting from a stronger foundation than the Patriots had. Wide receiver Malik Nabers, left tackle Andrew Thomas, nose tackle Dexter Lawrence, outside linebacker Brian Burns and outside linebacker Abdul Carter give them a handful of blue-chip pieces to build around.

Hiring Harbaugh gives the Giants a man who fits that CEO mold. He doesn’t have to learn on the job or recalibrate to deal with the pressure of New York media or competing against the rest of the NFC East. But at 63, he’s the oldest coach hired this cycle (he’s got just over a year on Mike McCarthy), and I have questions about how he’ll put together his staff and how quickly he can orchestrate a rebuild in New York. His approach grew stale in Baltimore, and it’s a leap of faith to expect that he’ll immediately connect with his new locker room, particularly one with as many young players as the Giants have. He’s also not able to bring Todd Monken along with him as his offensive coordinator (which we’ll cover shortly). This shakes up what could have been a great situation for quarterback Jaxson Dart and leaves us wondering what’ll become of the Giants offense in the near future.

I don’t think that the Giants are at risk of bottoming out like Las Vegas did under former head coach Pete Carroll in 2025, but it’s well within the realm of possibility that things won’t progress as quickly as New York might hope.

Every NFL team’s best and worst free-agent signing from 2025 | PFF

Best: G Greg Van Roten. New York’s busy offseason included retaining Van Roten on a one-year deal, and the move was a sharp one. Van Roten was good in pass protection, registering a 70.1 PFF pass-blocking grade with a 97.7 pass-blocking efficiency score. The 35-year-old was also reliable, playing the most offensive snaps of any Giant.

Worst: EDGE Chauncey Golston. Several Giants could qualify for this selection, but Golston’s contract seems the most disproportionate. Despite inking a three-year, $19.5 million deal, the edge rusher played only 173 snaps and generated five pressures in that time. With New York boasting one of the deeper edge-defending units in the league, perhaps Golston’s money could have been spent better elsewhere.