The hire of Matt Nagy as offensive coordinator doesn’t have New York Giants fans jumping for joy. The middling grades for the hire in our poll and some of the views expressed in the comments tell you that.
Pete Sweeney of the Kansas City Star, though, believes Giants fans will ultimately be happy with John Harbaugh’s choice.
“I’m a believer in Matt Nagy,” Sweeney told the ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast. “I do think based upon everything in place that Giants fans will be happy. Based upon Harbaugh, and I think Nagy will bring Jaxson Dart up at least to an extent.
“I think this team should be in playoff contention sooner rather than later.”
Sweeney later added that “ I think he’ll [Nagy] get Jaxson Dart to a place where he can maximize his talents.”
Nagy went 34-31 (.523 winning percentage) in four seasons as head coach of the Chicago Bears. He never had a losing season in three years with Mitchell Trubisky as his starting quarterback. That should be considered an accomplishment looking at how the rest of Trubisky’s career has gone.
“The fact that he was able to coach Mitch Trubisky, granted it was the first year, to all those wins and get to the playoffs. Again, with Mitch Trubisky. There have been injuries where Trubisky has had to play again. You’re seeing what he is,” Sweeney said.
Sweeney mentioned that Nagy, who was a candidate for the Tennessee Titans’ head coaching job, is “highly motivated” to earn another chance to run his own team.
“Nagy’s gotta be hoping that it’s a one or two-year stint [as Giants’ offensive coordinator].” Sweeney said. “Regardless of where his motivation is coming from, that’s motivation.
“I’m excited to see what Nagy does in this position.”
Aside from his four seasons with the Bears, Nagy has been on staff with head coach Andy Reid since 2008, first with the Philadelphia Eagles and then with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Harbaugh, of course, coached under Reid for several years before becoming Baltimore Ravens’ head coach.
“He [Reid] probably gave John a call and said ‘this guy isn’t getting looked at hard enough’. Are you believing what Andy Reid, one of the greatest play callers ever, if not the best ever, is saying? … I feel like Andy Reid, who who is often considered the ultimate quarterback guru, signing off on guys usually works out at least in some capacity,” Sweeney said.
“Of course he’s going to vouch for his guy, but I do think having the Bears relevant with Mitch Trubisky — Jaxson Dart is 10 times the talent. So, now the question is what Nagy do with actual talent at the quarterback position?”
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