John Harbaugh is stepping into a brand-new pressure cooker in New York, and he’s got a quarterback in Jaxson Dart who knows a thing or two about proving himself again.
Harbaugh spent 18 seasons running the Ravens, piling up wins and a Super Bowl along the way. Now he’s taking over the Giants for his first season in charge, and the spotlight is a lot harsher in that market. Dart is in a similar spot entering Year 2, trying to build on a rookie season that showed plenty of promise for a Giants team that was still struggling around him.
Last season, Dart made 12 starts and threw for 2,272 yards with 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He also added another layer with his legs, rushing for 487 yards and 9 TDs. That kind of dual-threat production is exactly why Harbaugh sees so much upside in him.
On The Domonique Foxworth Show, an ESPN podcast, Harbaugh drew a direct line to some of the things Baltimore did with Lamar Jackson. He said Dart’s athleticism gives the Giants a chance to attack defenses in multiple ways, and he didn’t hold back on the quarterback’s versatility.
“Jaxson’s capable of doing a lot of things. Like, he can live in a lot of different worlds, football-wise.
He can live in a power-running game, obviously, and a power-running game protects the quarterback because you can hand the ball off and get yards and make people defend that and keep them honest,” Harbaugh said. “Then, it opens up your play-action passing game.
… That stuff, we’re gonna be in those worlds. But now we can also get in the gun or we can get in the pistol, and we can run RPOs, we can run quarterback-driven runs.”
Harbaugh also addressed Dart’s durability after the quarterback dealt with concussions as a rookie, which cost him two games and parts of others. The Giants are hoping Year 2 brings more stability as Dart tries to establish himself.
Meanwhile, the program Dart left behind is chasing something it still hasn’t reached. Ole Miss is trying to win its first SEC title in 2026, with Pete Golding now leading the way in Oxford. The Kalshi market has its own view on the Rebels’ chances to get there.
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