{"id":482873,"date":"2026-02-16T03:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/482873\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T03:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:31:09","slug":"joe-schoens-role-in-giants-front-office-shrinks-as-harbaugh-co-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/482873\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Schoen\u2019s Role in Giants Front Office Shrinks as Harbaugh & Co. Take Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things are set to look a bit different for the Giants next season following the hire of John Harbaugh.<\/p>\n

After the team made the move for its next head coach official last month<\/a>, general manager Joe Schoen\u2019s role in New York immediately came under the microscope. The franchise notably tweaked its org chart so that both he and Harbaugh now report directly to ownership, rather than having the head coach report to Schoen\u2014a significant shift in their power structure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not worried about it,\u201d Schoen told reporters<\/a> back in January when asked about the change. \u201cThat\u2019s just something on a piece of paper, doesn\u2019t matter. We need to work together and we\u2019re gonna come to the final conclusion, and it\u2019s always going to be about what’s best for the New York Giants. So, I have no problem with that and I\u2019m looking forward to working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s latest front office addition, however, could give Schoen reason to at least think twice about his standing in New York.<\/p>\n

Latest Giants front office wrinkle is an interesting one for Joe Schoen\"Joe<\/p>\n

Schoen will remain the Giants’ general manager to begin the 2026 season. | Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Giants made another big move this week, hiring in longtime NFL executive Dawn Aponte as their senior vice president of football operations and strategy. Aponte most recently served as the league\u2019s chief administrator of football operations, a role she had been in since 2017.<\/p>\n

Recent reporting on the matter has shed some light on what Aponte’s new gig will look like in New York. According to The Athletic\u2019s Ian O\u2019Connor<\/a>, not only will she oversee analytics, salary cap management, and player contract negotiations, but she\u2019ll also report straight to Harbaugh, who was \u201cheavily involved\u201d in her hire. <\/p>\n

Additionally, in response to O\u2019Connor\u2019s reporting, the New York Daily News\u2019s Pat Leonard added that Schoen, \u201cis basically relegated to handling scouting<\/a>,\u201d and that the rest of the Giants building\u2014aside from Harbaugh, of course\u2014will report to Aponte.<\/p>\n

Not a great sign for Schoen, who at this point seems to be the team\u2019s general manager in name only.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had high expectations for Joe [Schoen], and I would say he\u2019s lived up to those high expectations,\u201d Harbaugh said of Schoen, via O’Connor. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked really well together. We talk multiple, multiple times every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schoen was hired by New York in 2022 alongside then-head coach Brian Daboll. He\u2019s over seen the extension (and subsequent release) of quarterback Daniel Jones, the trade of running back Saquon Barkley, as well as the drafting of first-round talents Kayvon Thibodeaux, Malik Nabers, Abdul Carter, and Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n

The Giants are coming off of 4\u201313 finish to the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

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