{"id":262159,"date":"2026-01-08T17:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=262159"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:55:48","slug":"giants-make-sense-for-john-harbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/01\/08\/giants-make-sense-for-john-harbaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Giants Make a Ton of Sense for Recently-Fired Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

As every NFL fan knows, the Baltimore Ravens recently fired<\/a> head coach John Harbaugh. It\u2019ll be interesting to see which team he heads to next. Perhaps the New York Giants make the most sense.<\/p>\n

The 4-13 Giants certainly didn\u2019t have one of the league’s best records this season. However, they\u2019re an up-and-coming team that possesses a ton of potential. They need a great coach like John Harbaugh to lead them to the next level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Giants Make a Ton of Sense for the Recently-Fired John Harbaugh<\/h2>\n

His Career in Baltimore<\/h3>\n

The Baltimore Ravens<\/a> hired John Harbaugh on January 19, 2008. During his first season as head coach, he led the team to an 11-5 record and a playoff berth. In the postseason, he led Baltimore to wins over the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans before losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> in the AFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n

Harbaugh guided the Ravens to a 12\u20134 record in 2011. That season, the team ultimately lost to the New England Patriots in the AFC Title Game.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

In 2012, Baltimore finished with a 10\u20136 record and won the AFC North division. After defeating the Indianapolis Colts in the Wild Card Round and the Denver Broncos<\/a> during the Divisional Round, the Ravens beat the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. That season, Harbaugh guided the team to a\u00a0victory<\/a> in Super Bowl XLVII over the San Francisco 49ers (coached by his brother, Jim Harbaugh).<\/p>\n

John Harbaugh\u2019s Ravens failed to make the playoffs from 2015 to 2017. However, they missed the postseason just twice from 2018-2025. This season, the Ravens narrowly failed to clinch the AFC North and a playoff spot as they lost to the Steelers in Week 18.<\/p>\n

During his 18 seasons in Baltimore, Harbaugh had a 180-113 regular-season record, 12 playoff appearances, four AFC title games, and a Super Bowl victory.<\/p>\n

Why the Giants?<\/h3>\n
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Jan 4, 2026; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) warms up before the game against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jason Owens<\/a> of Yahoo Sports wrote about Harbaugh potentially going to the Giants:<\/p>\n

\u201cFew teams in recent years have failed to find stability at head coach quite like the Giants. Since Tom Coughlin retired in 2016, the Giants have whiffed with Ben McAdoo, Pat Shurmur, Joe Judge and Brian Daboll, in addition to employing Steve Spagnuolo and Mike Kafka in the interim. If you’re counting, that’s six head coaches in 10 seasons, and the instability has played out on the field. The Giants have posted just two winning seasons and made two playoff appearances in those 10 years. No coach other than Mike Tomlin<\/a> screams stability quite like Harbaugh, who coached the Ravens for 18 seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harbaugh will have plenty of options. But why do the Giants make sense? Well, they possess the talent to eventually become one of the league\u2019s best teams. They\u2019re led by a young franchise quarterback in Jaxson Dart<\/a>. The former Ole Miss star is coming off a great rookie year, throwing for 2,272 yards and 15 touchdowns. New York also has building blocks like wide receiver Malik Nabers and running back Cam Skattebo. Plus, they own the fifth overall pick in the draft, which they could use to take a talented wideout like Ohio State\u2019s Carnell Tate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All the Giants need is an elite coach like John Harbaugh to lead them to the postseason.<\/p>\n

Main Image: Jeff Hanisch – Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Head Coach John Harbaugh, who was recently fired by the Baltimore Ravens, could fit in well with the New York Giants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4890,"featured_media":261943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6431,20],"tags":[33440,931,7300],"class_list":["post-262159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-teams","category-giants","tag-jaxon-dart","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-new-york-giants-news"],"modified_by":"Mike Roberts","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262159"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262161,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262159\/revisions\/262161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}