The New York Giants have made the playoffs just twice since winning the Super Bowl back in 2011. In that time, the franchise has seen plenty of turnover at head coach since Tom Coughlin left after the 2015 season. After cycling through four different HCs, New York was able to land the top free agent in John Harbaugh, who was let go by the Baltimore Ravens after the regular season.
But while Harbaugh brings stability, he wasn’t able to bring in all of “his guys” from the Ravens staff, missing out on OC Todd Monken, who took the HC job in Cleveland. As a result, the Giants brought in Matt Nagy as the new OC.
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Matt Harmon was joined by Nate Tice on the latest episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast podcast to talk about how the new coaching staff could impact QB Jaxson Dart as he enters his second NFL season.
Both Harmon and Tice are less than thrilled with the hiring of Nagy, who comes from the Andy Reid coaching tree. Nagy flamed out in a short stint with the Chicago Bears and then went right back to K.C., where his offenses were less-than-stellar the past few seasons.
Tice believes there’s not much of a stylistic fit between Nagy and Dart. This past season, Dart was successful mostly going downfield, on screens and using his legs. Nagy runs a true West Coast offense, which features a lot of quick-hitters, slants, bubble screens, etc. So Tice is definitely worried about this hire.
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Dart, 22, emerged as a solid fantasy football contributor as a rookie in 2025. After taking over for Russell Wilson during Week 4 versus the Chargers, Dart would start the majority of the games for New York. He threw for 2,272 yards and 15 touchdowns while rushing for 487 yards and nine scores. In a smaller sample, he’d finish the fantasy season as the QB14 in points per game (17.4).
Yahoo analyst Justin Boone has Dart ranked as his QB8 in his early 2026 fantasy football rankings. Boone has Dart as the QB10 in his dynasty rankings and trade value charts this offseason.
