{"id":403042,"date":"2026-02-01T23:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/403042\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:31:07","slug":"john-harbaugh-reveals-questionable-focus-for-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/403042\/","title":{"rendered":"John Harbaugh reveals questionable focus for Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Giants<\/a> are entering a new era with John Harbaugh as their new head coach, and the former Baltimore Ravens<\/a> boss already knows the plan of attack.<\/p>\n

With the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> and Dallas Cowboys<\/a> usually the two big dogs in the NFC East, the Giants, for lack of a better word, have largely been irrelevant for the past decade or so.<\/p>\n

But the hope is that it will change under Harbaugh.<\/p>\n

And with the Eagles being the NFC champs, and one of the better teams in the entire conference, Harbaugh, who was a guest on the Howard Eskin Show, detailed that he is building his team to do one thing, and that’s beat the Eagles.<\/p>\n

“It starts with the Eagles, let’s just be honest about it, the Eagles are defending champs,” Harbaugh said<\/a>. “So, you got to build a team to beat the Eagles. Yeah, you got to beat the Commanders<\/a> and you got to beat the Cowboys, but the Eagles are the champs. So, we have to build a team to beat the Eagles. And everything we do, every practice we have, every film session will be with that in mind.”<\/p>\n

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Is Harbaugh’s approach right?<\/p>\n

Well, first of all, who are we to question the approach of a Super Bowl-winning coach, but Harbaugh’s path forward is an interesting one.<\/p>\n

Do the Giants aim to build a team to beat the Eagles? Or should they aim to build a team to be what Harbaugh wants it to be? Because yes, the Eagles are the champs, but what about building your team to beat the Seattle Seahawks<\/a>, the NFC champs?\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is an interesting way to do it, and Harbaugh is clearly thinking that if the Giants build a team to beat the Eagles, then that opens up the path to the division title. But you still have Dallas and Washington as well.<\/p>\n

Either way, Harbaugh has a clear plan of attack for his Giants in Year 1, and it has a big focus on the Eagles.<\/p>\n

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