OUTLOOK: Assessing the New York Giants Upside in John Harbaugh’s First Season at the Helm

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🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

New York Giants face a pivotal campaign as John Harbaugh takes the helm. With Malik Nabers’ uncertain injury status and major roster shakeups—including the signings of Odell Beckham and JuJu Smith-Schuster—the Giants’ playoff potential hangs in the balance. Can second-year quarterback Jaxson Dart elevate his game surrounded by a revamped offense and new faces in the tight end group like Isaiah Likely and Theo Johnson? Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs break down New York’s offensive firepower, questions at receiver, and offensive line depth led by Andrew Thomas. On defense, the addition of Tremaine Edmunds and DJ Reader counters the loss of Dexter Lawrence, while a deep secondary anchored by Greg Newsome and Jevon Holland could provide stability. The debate heats up over the Giants’ win total projection—will the revitalized roster and new coaching spark an eight-win season, or will chemistry concerns hold them back in the NFC East race?

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0:00.0	It's year one for John Harbaugh with the Giants.
0:03.4	Does he have the roster to go on a playoff run?
0:05.8	We're examining that right now.
0:12.5	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes,
0:17.6	your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting, part of the Locked-on
0:22.5	Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.5	What's better than this?
0:29.1	It's guys being dudes.
0:31.5	I'm Joe Marino.
0:32.6	That's Kyle Crabs.
0:34.4	On today's episode, it's all about the New York Giants. We're going to examine both sides of the football, identify their cornerstone talent, their quality starters, unpack some of the biggest questions. Consider the over-under for wind totals and get our expectations set for the Giants in 20 26 as we close out NFC East Week here on
0:58.8	Locked on NFL scouting.
1:00.1	Callow, welcome in.
1:01.6	Thank you, Joe.
1:02.6	Thanks for leading us in as the steward of the show every single day.
1:07.0	And this is one of those interesting teams that chose to do significant changes on both sides of the ball.
1:14.9	And to the coaching staff, right?
1:17.1	They obviously made the decision to retain Joe Shane.
1:20.0	They gave an extension after the draft.
1:21.5	John Harbaugh comes in.
1:23.3	I think you feel that influence with some of the free agency moves, especially with
1:29.5	Ricard, likely, Baila, some familiar faces coming over and reuniting with John Harbaugh.
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