New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh is already bringing some heat to the NFC East.
Harbaugh said on The Howard Eskin Show this week that in order to compete in a loaded division, the Giants must build a team to beat the Philadelphia Eagles, who over the past two seasons won Super Bowl LIX and snapped a 21-year streak of different division champions by repeating in the NFC East.
“It starts with the Eagles. I mean, let’s just be honest about it. The Eagles are defending champs,” Harbaugh told Eskin. “I remember when my dad would tell us that when Bo Schembechler took the job at Michigan in 1969, when Michigan was down and Ohio State was the reigning national champion. It was like, we have to beat Ohio State. Everything we do, every decision we make, is with his Ohio State in mind. And they ended up building a team like Ohio State. And they beat them the very first year.
“So, you gotta build a team to beat the Eagles. Yeah, you gotta beat the Commanders and you gotta beat the Cowboys, but the Eagles are the champs. So, we have to build a team to beat the Eagles. And everything we do, every practice we have, every film session will be with that in mind.”