The Giants have finished with double-digit losses nine times for the reason that 2014 season. The second half of Eli Manning‘s profession has stalled his path to Canton, while Daniel Jones bombed on his second contract. The latter development led Brian Daboll to the firing precipice, however the Giants still let their embattled head coach drive the bus for a Jones successor. Struggles closing games in Jaxson Dart‘s rookie yr prompted the franchise to fireside Daboll, but GM Joe Schoen stays.
This offseason included several instances of teams holding HCs accountable for undesired results while keeping GMs employed. Schoen, nonetheless, has drifted downward within the Giants’ organizational pecking order. After 4 unsuccessful coaching hires post-Tom Coughlin, the Giants swung big and landed this market’s top prize. John Harbaugh agreed to take over in Latest York, and the longtime Baltimore leader now runs the show. The Super Bowl-winning HC might be tasked with turning around a franchise that has not experienced sustained success since Manning’s early years.
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The Chiefs’ reign atop the AFC held back the Bills and Ravens, with only the Bengals sneaking through to a Super Bowl between 2019-24. Buffalo also bested Baltimore twice within the playoffs during Lamar Jackson‘s run. More Jackson injury trouble surfaced in 2025, and a do-or-die game going the Steelers’ way without D.K. Metcalf available proved an excessive amount of for Steve Bisciotti to stomach. The Ravens’ 8-9 season ended with Harbaugh refusing to separate from OC Todd Monken, with the coach’s relationship with Jackson not believed to be on solid ground by season’s end. The Ravens fired their 18-year head coach soon after Tyler Loop‘s season-ending missed field goal.
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