{"id":667092,"date":"2026-01-10T21:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/667092\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:24:13","slug":"john-harbaugh-watching-jaxson-dart-cam-ward-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/667092\/","title":{"rendered":"John Harbaugh watching Jaxson Dart, Cam Ward film"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Harbaugh was one missed 44-yard field goal<\/a> away from spending his Saturday afternoon watching film of the Texans and preparing for the Ravens\u2019 playoff opponent.<\/p>\n

Instead, Harbaugh spent his Saturday watching film of the Giants\u2019 Jaxson Dart and Titans\u2019 Cam Ward \u2013 the top two quarterbacks selected in the 2025 NFL Draft \u2014 as he prepares to be part of both teams\u2019 head coaching searches, according to The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After coaching Joe Flacco to a Super Bowl title and Lamar Jackson to two NFL MVPs, Harbaugh is no stranger to the idea that having a franchise quarterback in place makes life easier. <\/p>\n

The most attractive thing that both the Giants (4-13) and Titans (3-14) can offer after their miserable seasons is the young quarterback<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who will Harbaugh prefer?<\/p>\n

Dart had the better rookie season by any statistical measure, even though he missed two games due to a concussion.<\/p>\n

Jaxson Dart is forced out of the pocket and runs the ball during the fourth quarter of the Giants and Washington Commanders game in East Rutherford, NJ. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n

And many offensive-minded coaches contacted by The Post about the desirability of the Giants\u2019 vacancy cited Dart as a strong positive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Ward went No. 1 for a reason. The Giants tried to trade up from No. 3 to select him before pivoting to Dart at pick No. 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harbaugh is expected to begin scheduling in-person interviews with interested teams \u2014 keep the Falcons, who need to hire a general manager<\/a>, and the Dolphins on that short list<\/a> \u2014 by the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n

Harbaugh, who earned $17 million per season with the Ravens, is going to command a salary commensurate with the top of the market (Andy Reid\u2019s $20 million) and a big financial investment in his coaching and support staffs, as The Post\u2019s Paul Schwartz previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cam Ward of the Tennessee Titans throws a pass during the first quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium on January 4, 2026 in Jacksonville, Florida. Getty Images<\/p>\n

He puts a big emphasis on the strength and conditioning and analytics departments in particular.<\/p>\n

Considering that Harbaugh reportedly refused to fire offensive coordinator Todd Monken<\/a> in Baltimore despite his clashes with Jackson, it seems likely he would want to bring Monken with him to his next step.<\/p>\n

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh walks the sidelines before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Baltimore. AP<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo behind the scenes with Big Blue\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t coach Lamar well enough,\u201d Monken told\u00a0Ryan Ripken this week<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t have as good of a relationship as I could have. I didn\u2019t do the things we needed to do this year to win enough games to give ourselves a chance. <\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that. \u2026 I\u2019m going to fight like hell for the next job I get.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Harbaugh was one missed 44-yard field goal away from spending his Saturday afternoon watching film of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2067],"tags":[127,7,519,13,2909,1917,56,2321,2469,6,9,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-667092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-cam-ward","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-jaxson-dart","12":"tag-john-harbaugh","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-giants","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkgiants","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-tennessee-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115872914708845393","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}