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New York Giants: Kevin Stefanski. While Stefanski’s final two years in Cleveland were marred by quarterback woes, he’ll have a promising young first-round talent in Jaxson Dart to work with in New York. Dart projects to be far better than any of the seven signal-callers the Browns cycled through since the start of the 2024 season.
Stefanski also brings experience to the table, something many of Big Blue’s coaching hires have lacked following the departure of Tom Coughlin a decade ago. He’s keenly aware of what it takes to shepherd an organization from the league’s basement into the playoffs, memorably hitting the ground running in 2020 with an 11-5 season that still ranks as Cleveland’s best winning percentage since 1994.
This isn’t going to be an easy turnaround, but the Giants have many of the tools needed to find success immediately with the right coach. New York shouldn’t hesitate to capitalize on Stefanski’s availability and bring him in to resuscitate the once-proud franchise.
A head coach with an established track record of success makes a lot of sense for the Giants. General manager Joe Schoen essentially said as much Monday near the end of his postseason press conference.
Schoen was asked how he balances “next hot coordinator” against “retread hire.” And it sure sounds like he would prefer a retread hire like Kevin Stefanski — who the Browns (foolishly?) fired Monday — to another rookie head coach, like Brian Daboll, Joe Judge and Ben McAdoo.
Kevin Stefanski and Jaxson Dart got along well before last year’s NFL Draft. Dart liked the Cleveland Browns’ offensive scheme. Stefanski, then...
