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New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart enters his first full season as the team’s starter with a completely different coaching staff guiding his decision-making.
Giants head coach John Harbaugh revitalized the coaching staff heading into the 2026 season, including bringing in Matt Nagy as the team’s offensive coordinator. Nagy, who was the head coach of the Chicago Bears at one point, served as the Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive coordinator for the past three seasons.
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New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart throws a pass in the fourth quarter as the Giants beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-17 in East Rutherford on Jan. 4, 2026. (Kevin R. Wexler-NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Nagy worked directly with Patrick Mahomes when the team won the Super Bowl in 2023 and nearly completed a three-peat during the 2024 season. He spoke with reporters on Tuesday and elaborated on advice he had for Dart as the former Ole Miss standout enters his second NFL season.
“What I wanted to say with the conversation that I’ve had with Jaxson is just what you said. I think that’s a big point. He’s Jaxson Dart. He’s not Patrick Mahomes,” Nagy said when asked to impart some lessons on working with the Chiefs’ quarterback. “I was able to be fortunate enough to be around Patrick for many years and I saw Patrick as a rookie and I got to see him when I came back from Chicago four years after that. I got to see him for another four years as a vet.
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New York Giants quarterback in a split photo with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. (IMAGIN)
“But we can use it for more, like routines and maybe how we did things, but the one thing I know — first of all, I know how much respect Jaxson has for Patrick. We’ve talked a little bit about the process and what he’s been through, but we’ve also made it clear that you have to be Jaxson Dart. He’s going to do that.
“It’s our job to surround him and isolate him, give him direction, but he’s got to be able to tell us how he likes it, why he likes it, and so on. We’re going to be really conscious of how we do that. You look at Brian Callahan. He’s been around a lot of good quarterbacks, too, and he’s in a room with them to Peyord He, and he’s now in a room with them, Peyord He, to Matthews, to see him. It’s valuable.
Former Mississippi Rebels quarterback Jaxson Dart attends the 2026 Fiesta Bowl semifinal game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Mississippi Rebels at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Jan. 8, 2026. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
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Dart appeared in 14 games for the Giants in 2025 and showed some real promise at times. He had 2,272 passing yards and 15 touchdown passes to go along with 487 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns. He finished fourth in Offensive Rookie of the Year voting.
