Giants QB Jaxson Dart should not try to be like Patrick Mahomes, coach says
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New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart will enter his first season as the team’s starter with a completely different coaching staff guiding his decision-making.
Giants head coach John Harbaugh has revitalized his coaching staff heading into the 2026 season, including bringing on Matt Nagy as the team’s offensive coordinator. Nagy, who was once the head coach of the Chicago Bears, served as the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs for the last three seasons.
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New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart throws a pass in the fourth quarter during the Giants’ 34-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Jan. 4, 2026, in East Rutherford. (Kevin R. Wexler-NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Nagy worked directly with Patrick Mahomes as the team won the Super Bowl in 2023 and nearly completed a three-peat in the 2024 season. He spoke to reporters on Tuesday and revealed his advice for Dart as the former Ole Miss standout enters his second NFL season.
“What I would say in my conversation with Jaxson is exactly what you said. I think that’s a great point. He’s Jaxson Dart. He’s not Patrick Mahomes,” Nagy said when asked to offer some lessons about working with the Chiefs’ quarterback. “I was lucky enough to be around Patrick over the years and I got to see Patrick as a rookie and when I came back from Chicago four years later I got to see him. I got to see him for four more years as a vet.
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The New York Giants quarterback is in a split photo with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. (IMAGN)
“But we can use it for more like routines and maybe how we do things, but the one thing I know, first of all, I know how much Jaxson respects Patrick. We talked a little bit about the process and what he’s going through, but we also made it clear, you have to be Jaxson Dart. He’s going to do it.”
“It’s our job to surround him and isolate him, give him direction, but he needs to be able to tell us how he likes it, why he likes it, etc. We’re going to be really intentional about how we do that. Look at Brian Callahan. He’s been around a lot of great quarterbacks, too, and he’s been in the same room with them right now. He’s seen Peyton Manning, he’s seen Matthew Stafford, he’s seen Joe Burrow. That’s valuable. That’s really valuable.”
Former Mississippi Rebels quarterback Jaxson Dart attends the 2026 Fiesta Bowl semifinal game between the Miami Hurricanes and Mississippi Rebels at State Farm Stadium on January 8, 2026 in Glendale, Arizona. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
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Dart started 14 games for the Giants in 2025 and showed real promise at times. He had 2,272 passing yards and 15 touchdowns to go along with 487 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns. He finished fourth in the Offensive Rookie of the Year voting.
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