As expected, Jaxson Dart is excited to play for John Harbaugh.
How excited is New York Giants QB Jaxson Dart to play for new head coach John Harbaugh?
He took time out of a family vacation to talk about the massive hire with ESPN's Jordan Raanan.
"When Coach Harbaugh's name came up, that was the one that we were all really, really excited about and wanted to have," Dart said during an interview with ESPN while on a family vacation. "So I think from just our standpoint, the guys just can't wait to play for him and have the chance to get coached by him."
The Giants haven't made the playoffs since the 2022 season. That was the first year of the Brian Daboll era.
Daboll was fired during the middle of this season.
The Giants went 4-13 this season. They finished with the worst record in the NFC East.
Harbaugh is considered one of the best coaches in NFL history. He went 180-113 in the regular season and 13-11 in the playoffs with the Baltimore Ravens.
Baltimore, led by Joe Flacco and Ray Lewis, won Super Bowl XLVII against the San Francisco 49ers, 34-31.
"He was just a coach who I feel like I just bought into the things that he was saying immediately, and just the way that he carries himself and can conduct himself in front of a room and his track record is incredible," Dart said. "So immediately the winning culture, the intensity, and then just the enthusiasm and love about football, that's what he carries and brings to the team. So, just can't wait to get started and get rolling with him."
Dart finished his rookie season with 2,272 passing yards, 15 passing touchdowns, five interceptions, 487 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns. He appears to have a bright future with Harbaugh in his corner.
Only time will tell, though, how successful Dart is under Harbaugh, who now needs to hire the right OC for Dart.
"Obviously, just from a football standpoint, [he has] the ability to create teams year in and year out who have a chance to compete at the highest level regardless of maybe the talent that they had one year versus the next," Dart said. "He's always put his team in really good situations to win. So that's a coach that I really want to play for. And as a man as well."
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