Why This Could Be The Year Of John Harbaugh And The New York Giants

A healthy offense and a brand-new head coach could be the answer to a winning season for the New York Giants. But what about a shot at a Super Bowl? Quarterback Jaxson Dart led the Giants to an impressive Week 1 win over the Dallas Cowboys, completing 23-of-29 passes for 232 yards and two touchdowns. Next to Dart is head coach John Harbaugh, who brings 18 seasons of head-coaching experience to New York. After a 4-13 season in 2025, will the Giants' revamp be enough to earn them a winning season, let alone a Super Bowl? FOX NFL Sunday's Michael Strahan has confidence the Giants can achieve just that. "Giants are going to the Super Bowl. Every Giants fan out there, it was good to watch because you saw a clear game plan," Strahan said on FOX NFL Sunday. "You also saw a better organized team. You saw a situation where every Giants fan sat there and held their breath and said, ‘When are they going to go down? When are they going to blow it?’ and they didn’t." The Giants moved on from former coach Brian Daboll – who now serves as the Titans' offensive coordinator – in November 2025 after a 2-8 start to the season, and hired Harbaugh after his 18 seasons in Baltimore. The supporting cast continues with wide receiver Malik Nabers and running back Cam Skattebo – who both returned from injuries from last season – and tight end Isaiah Likely from the Ravens. For Strahan, the Giants' Week 1 victory showed a lot of positives within the team, especially from Dart and Skattebo. "They controlled the ball when they needed to control the ball; they were the more physical team, the way (Cam) Skattebo ran the ball," Strahan said. "The decisive decisions that (Jaxson) Dart made at quarterback, looking at his first read, ‘Oh, it’s not there,’ then turn and bam, hitting No. 2." Dart replaced former quarterback Russell Wilson in Week 3 last season as a rookie, and led New York to a 21-17 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, earning his spot as the Giants' permanent starter. After finishing 28th in the league in yards allowed per game, the Giants reloaded on defense with first-rounders Arvell Reese and Francis Mauigoa. Strahan also believes that Harbaugh has a big impact on the mindset of his Giants team, in terms of how New York can succeed this season. "I think Jim Harbaugh has brought accountability and confidence that this team can finish games. I have a feeling he’s taught this team that you play to win, you don’t play not to lose," Strahan said.

Joel Klatt said he had a real tug of war at the top of his rankings this week. The choice at the top was tough: Ole Miss coming off a massive win over LSU, or Texas because of its win over Ohio State two weekends ago? Elsewhere, Alabama returns to the top 10 after a wild comeback win over Florida State, and LSU takes a tumble after a shaky showing and a pair of costly injuries. Now, that three weeks of college football are in the books, here are Klatt's 10 best teams in the country. Klatt's thoughts: I know a lot of you don't watch Utah. I think this is a very good Utah team, and there's something about them that reminds me a little of Ole Miss. I don't want to say betrayed because I don't think Kyle Whittingham betrayed Utah by going to Michigan, but there's still that sense of, "Wait, you just left us." There was a galvanizing effort around first-year head coach Morgan Scalley. He's a very good football coach who's been at Utah a long time, so he understands the culture, knows how to win at Utah. Utah has an exceptional quarterback in Devon Dampier, and they're sprinkling in Byrd Ficklin. The Utes beat Utah State 33-0. Dampier is playing really well. Defense looks fantastic, and we know they can run the ball. Klatt's thoughts: That was a weird game with Florida State, and I know that head coach Kalen DeBoer is going to lament their starts. The Tide started slowly against Kentucky and then again against Florida State, but I do love the way they responded each of those times. Quarterback Keelon Russell was fantastic — the electric run he had down the right side was amazing. Alabama ended up scoring 50 points after falling behind 21-6. The defense was the disappointment last week — you can't give up that many points and 400 yards through the air to Florida State. Alabama has too good of a secondary to do that. Defensive coordinator Kane Wommack is going to know that. He's got to go back to the drawing board on defense. Klatt's thoughts: LSU has some injuries now. Tight end Trey'Dez Green avoided a major injury, but he could miss some time, which is a blow because they're clearly better with him on the field. They lose safety Dashawn Spears to a torn ACL. I think this ranking is fair. That's still a very good football team, no doubt, and you'd assume they can clean some things up — offensive execution early in games, in particular. But they do have a really tough remaining schedule. They've still got to face Texas A&M, at Kentucky — great win against A&M this weekend, by the way. They've got Mississippi State, a ranked team with a good quarterback. They still have Alabama, they still have No. 1 Texas, and they still have to travel to Tennessee. Klatt's thoughts: Notre Dame is solid, but they haven't done anything that I've been like, "Wow," this year. They beat Wisconsin, who I think is improved. They beat Michigan State, who I think is improved. The Irish still need to show me they can run the football consistently, because that's part of their DNA — they're not going to turn into the greatest passing team in college football all of a sudden, even with quarterback C.J. Carr. So, the run game is where I need them to take the next jump. They won that game over Michigan State 27-10 — third straight game under four yards per carry. Defense looks fine. The run game is where I'm a little leery of what Notre Dame is doing. Klatt's thoughts: Second straight shutout — they beat Western Kentucky 38-0. Running back Turbo Richard ran it well. Charlie Becker from Nashville, Tennessee, is still off to a great start. Indiana's in there at number six, they've earned that spot. I know they haven't played anybody, and you can scream at me all you want, but remember, this is still Curt Cignetti. Indiana is still on a massive winning streak, Cignetti still hasn't lost in his home stadium, and they've got some big ones in Bloomington this year, namely Ohio State. Klatt's thoughts: I flipped it here from last week. The Hurricanes looked great in the first half — looked like a team that can go win the national championship — but then they kind of stumble through the second half. Quaterback Darian Mensah completed his first 24 pass attempts. If you take those 24 and go back to the previous game, he was on a streak of 35 straight completions — that's pretty amazing. Wide receiver Malachi Toney is catching a million passes. He's second in college football in both receptions and receiving yards. He's electric. You know how I feel about him. Klatt's thoughts: I know I said there was no team flawless in college football. Everybody on that list so far, I can sense like, "OK, they might have a flaw." I don't know about Georgia. They're the one I'm going to put a little asterisk next to. They're playing like the best team in the country again against nobody, really. Georgia was so bored with Arkansas — remember, Arkansas got drilled by Utah the week before — that the Bulldogs were running defensive lineman drills during a timeout. Also, the running game looks great so far. Real test coming up this week against that Oklahoma defense — we'll see if they can run against that front. They should be able to beat OU, because the Sooners cannot play offense right now. Klatt's thoughts: I didn't want to penalize Ohio State for continuing to play that out-of-conference game against Texas. Right now, this is what Ohio State's trying to figure out — they don't have a quarterback that's going to equate the numbers for them in the run game like a Will Howard or a Justin Fields, so they're trying to find a running back in their stable that can be a plus runner in the red zone or in short yardage. Those two things are linked together, and that's what we'll be watching as the season goes along. The Buckeyes got knocked back one spot because Ole Miss has done more than they have. I'm not going to penalize Ohio State, which is still one of the best teams in the country. Klatt's thoughts: I had a big tug of war at the top of my rankings because I wanted to put Ole Miss at No. 1. Nobody has done more than Ole Miss in the first month of the season. Now, I would still argue that Texas has a better overall win, but I'm going to go Ole Miss at two. I wanted to put them at one — I really did, and even right now, I still want to do it. But Ole Miss is going to be number two. The Rebels have earned it. They have, outside of Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith, the best player in college football. So, they're going to be number two. Klatt's thoughts: Texas. I'm still honoring that win over Ohio State. They kind of sleepwalked through that game against Texas State, but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt here because of the win over Ohio State. I just want to make this very clear: that was a tough decision. I wanted to put Ole Miss at number one. I really did. saltysenoritaaz.org

The Chicago Bears might not be without Caleb Williams for long, if it all. Williams has avoided a major injury to his hamstring and could start for the Bears when they take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 3, The Ringer reported Monday. Williams reportedly underwent an MRI on Monday to confirm the severity of the hamstring injury. Williams suffered the injury in the final minutes of the Bears' 9-3 Week 2 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The quarterback went down without contact after he took off for a scramble and was yelling in pain. He was helped off the field and was eventually carted to the locker room. With Williams in notable pain, the injury seemed like it could potentially shelve the third-year quarterback for the long haul. However, the Bears later said that Williams had suffered a hamstring injury and he was seen in the locker room walking under his own power, per FOX Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer. If Williams can't play against the Eagles, Tyson Bagent would be in line to start. Bagent has had some impressive moments as a backup in his young career. In fact, he nearly led the Bears to a game-winning touchdown in the lone drive he played from start to finish on Sunday. The 26-year-old is 2-2 in four career starts, throwing for 776 yards to go with five total touchdowns against five interceptions in those outings. After Week 3, the Bears have games against the New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots over the next month. Williams has emerged as one of the best young quarterbacks in football. The 24-year-old helped the Bears win the NFC North in 2025, throwing for 3,942 yards, 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions, to go with 388 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. As Chicago has been viewed as a Super Bowl contender, Williams has also established himself as an early MVP candidate. He threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns in the Bears' dominant 59-37 win over the Carolina Panthers in Week 1, adding 65 yards and two more scores on the ground. Williams didn't play as well against the Vikings on Sunday, though. He completed 15 of 26 passes for 138 yards and an interception. He was sacked three times and added 42 rushing yards on five carries in the loss.