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The new-look New York Giants are breathtaking a batch of people, including immoderate connected their ain roster.
It's been a unsmooth decade-plus for nan Giants. Since winning Super Bowl XLVI, they person had conscionable 2 seasons finishing supra .500, and aft a astonishment sojourn to nan playoffs successful 2022, they've since gone 13-38.
But aft seemingly uncovering nan backmost successful Jaxson Dart and bringing successful seasoned caput coach John Harbaugh, fans tin only dream that 1 of nan darkest eras successful franchise history, 1 that intimately mimics a playoff drought from 1964 to 1980, is successful nan rearview mirror.
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New Head Coach John Harbaugh shakes hands pinch New York Giants backmost Jameis Winston during a property convention astatine nan Quest Diagnostics Training Center successful East Rutherford connected Jan. 20, 2025. (Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Jameis Winston surely believes so.
The longtime seasoned figured to only return snaps for nan G-Men barring an wounded to nan young phenom successful Dart, but astatine nan very least, he is surely entertained by his play.
"It’s exciting, man. Every clip I’m successful nan gathering room pinch him and watching immoderate of his clips from past year, it benignant of reminds maine of myself, because he’s tough, he’s fearless, and he has this aura astir him that allows everybody connected our squad to get down him and support him. It’s beautiful cool," Winston said of Dart to Fox News Digital.
"When I was coming into nan convention young, everything was much traditional. To spot him moving nan measurement that he runs and being arsenic decisive successful nan passing crippled arsenic he is, it really shows really nan improvement of shot has changed. ... Jaxson is conscionable electric, and that’s what fans want to see. Fans are tired of seeing boring backmost play. Even though immoderate of that correlates to winning, erstwhile you’re capable to do both, it really elevates nan statement and your shot team."
To get nan astir retired of Dart, nan Giants brought successful John Harbaugh to beryllium their adjacent caput coach. They fired Brian Daboll during nan season, and aft 18 seasons pinch nan Baltimore Ravens, Harbaugh was abruptly available, and nan Giants didn't fto him gaffe done their fingers.
For Winston, nan coaching offseason was arsenic overmuch of a kick-back-and-relax business arsenic location could be.
"I was looking astatine what coach Mike Tomlin was going to do, what coach John Harbaugh was going to do, I sewage a chance to play for Kevin Stefanski successful Cleveland, and I cognize really passionate nan AFC North is, truthful I knew we were going to beryllium successful bully hands regardless," Winston said.
John Harbaugh poses aft a property convention announcing his hiring arsenic nan adjacent New York Giants caput coach astatine Quest Diagnostics Training Center successful East Rutherford, N.J., connected Jan. 20, 2026. (Ed Mulholland/Imagn Images)
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And Winston judge knows his Giants history.
"I’ve ever admired Coach Harbaugh. When you look astatine nan New York Giants’ history, they’ve won pinch caput coaches who facilitated awesome coaches astir them — beardown leaders pinch an old-school mentality. Bill Parcells is aged schoolhouse of nan aged schoolhouse — he created a mold for NFL caput coaches. Tom Coughlin is arsenic aged schoolhouse arsenic it gets, nan epitome of a awesome leader. That’s what I wanted."
"I was truthful happy erstwhile we hired John Harbaugh," he added. "I was excited because I felt for illustration he gets it. He understands empowering players and coaches. Having personification who understands nan value of building nan champion imaginable squad — coaching staff, players, unit — is exciting. I’m happy that John brought his mojo to nan New York Giants. We’re going to stone pinch him, conflict for him, and triumph immoderate shot games — that’s nan astir important thing."
So really acold tin nan Dart-Harbaugh tandem return this team?
Jameis Winston of nan New York Giants warms up earlier nan crippled against nan Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected Dec. 28, 2025.
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"We tin triumph nan Super Bowl. We tin beryllium successful L.A. playing for Super Bowl LXI. That’s nan minimum, that’s what we’re aiming for," Winston said.
"But that comes pinch elite preparation, accordant day-in and day-out dedication, difficult work, and patience. It doesn’t hap successful conscionable 1 day, but what you do each time adds up to nan result we want. I’m very happy pinch nan attack we’ve had. But we’re going to triumph nan Super Bowl. I dream you don’t return that arsenic counting my chickens earlier they hatch, but what other should I say? I want america to triumph a Super Bowl, and we tin do it."
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