{"id":860318,"date":"2026-04-08T05:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860318\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:38:18","slug":"dont-try-to-be-like-patrick-mahomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/860318\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t try to be like Patrick Mahomes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course Matt Nagy has already brought it up with Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n

How could he not?<\/p>\n

You work with the greatest quarterback in the NFL, you are going to share all you know about him with the youngster you are now tasked with tutoring.<\/p>\n

So yes, Nagy has mentioned Patrick Mahomes to Dart. <\/p>\n

The main message the new Giants offensive coordinator conveyed to the second-year Dart?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s Jaxson Dart,\u201d Nagy said. \u201cHe\u2019s not Patrick Mahomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"GiantsGiants new offensive coordinator said he doesn\u2019t want Jaxson Dart to try to be the next Patrick Mahomes. Bill Kostroun for New York Post<\/p>\n

Nagy, 47, has an extensive body of work with Mahomes. Nagy was on Andy Reid\u2019s staff as Chiefs offensive coordinator in 2017 when Mahomes was a rookie. Nagy, after three years as Bears head coach, returned to Kansas City in 2022, reunited with Mahomes and found him to be a finished product.<\/p>\n

Nagy will make sure he clues in Dart to everything about Mahomes that could be of help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can use that for more, like, routines and maybe how we did things,\u201d said Nagy, John Harbaugh\u2019s choice to run the Giants offense. \u201cFirst of all, I know how much respect that Jaxson has for Patrick. We\u2019ve talked a little bit about the process and what he\u2019s been through, but we\u2019ve also made it clear, you have to be Jaxson Dart. He\u2019s going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Giants'Giants\u2019 new offensive coordinator Matt Nagy previously coached Patrick Mahomes. Bill Kostroun for New York Post<\/p>\n

When working for the Chiefs, scouting college quarterbacks is not much of a priority but the position cannot be ignored entirely. Nagy said when he took a look at Dart at Ole Miss, he was impressed with his accuracy as a passer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack then, a year ago or two years ago, I didn\u2019t know how tough he was and how good of a runner he was,\u201d Nagy said Tuesday as the Giants opened up their offseason workout program. \u201cHe was a really good, sneaky good runner, tough, physical, played the quarterback position well. You could see he was a competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There was something else Nagy noticed when he watched how Dart carried himself at the scouting combine prior to the 2025 draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust kind of observing how he handled himself in that group of guys,\u201d Nagy said. \u201cYou could see this moxie that he had, and he had this \u2018it\u2019 factor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got here to New York and got to meet him and started talking to him, you could tell right away that everything was true. This kid is different that way. My initial conversation with Coach Harbs was, hey, excited, really looking forward to being able to help out in many ways and building that relationship and that trust. I know he had a great year last year, but we want to make it even better and continue to have him grow, and I want to be there to help him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Harbaugh could not hide his excitement at finally getting the chance to get up in front of the room and speak with his new team. He called it \u201ca great meeting,\u201d and, \u201cIt was just a joy to be around the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

After 18 years as the head coach of the Ravens, this was a new experience for the 63-year old Harbaugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an honor,\u201d he said. \u201cI told them that. It was an honor to stand before the New York Giants, have them communicate back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harbaugh said three players were not in the building on the first day of the voluntary workouts: NT Dexter Lawrence (requested a trade), CB Paulson Adebo and DL Sam Roberts. Harbaugh said Roberts had surgery and was not yet able to travel.<\/p>\n

As for Adebo, Harbaugh said, \u201cI\u2019m not exactly sure. But it\u2019s his right. It\u2019s his reason, whatever his reason is. I\u2019ll be interested to hear it. But it is what it is. It\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Of course Matt Nagy has already brought it up with Jaxson Dart. How could he not? You work…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,13,26822,1917,56,2321,2469,6,499,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-860318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-jaxson-dart","11":"tag-matt-nagy","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkgiants","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patrick-mahomes","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116367480287022736","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860318","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=860318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}