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John Harbaugh

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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

The Giants are building an offense that has never been seen before in NFL history

We're building an offense out that has never been seen in the history of the National Football League. I mean, like literally because we're building the New York Giants offense, you know, with our terms and our schemes and for our players.

This is a forward-looking claim about the 2026 Giants offense that hasn't been seen yet.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

The Seahawks had by far the best special teams in the league last year and Jay Harbaugh was the difference

I think they were by far the best special teams in the league last year. And Jay did a great job, great job coaching those guys. You can argue they were the difference in a lot of ways on that team last year.

The Seahawks won the Super Bowl in the 2025 season under Mike McDonald. Their special teams were indeed excellent. This is a reasonable assessment.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

Grit is the ability to not care what happens to you and just keep going.

Grit is, I would say, you know it when you see it. It's the ability basically to not care what happens to you and just keep going... What doesn't kill me doesn't bother me. Like think about it—I'm not dead. You can't bother me. You can't get to me. I think that's the definition of grit.

A personal definition from a head coach is inherently subjective.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

Lamar Jackson is getting better in every way and is still only 28

He's getting better in every way. I like to think we all do throughout the course of our life. But as an athlete, at some point in time you do hit that point and starts going the other direction... Lamar is still getting better. He's only 28 years old.

Player improvement is subjective but can be measured by stats and awards. Lamar is still in his prime.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

The kickoff will never be removed from the NFL

Do you think the kickoff is going to be gone in a few years? No way. No way? No, it's football. We've got to keep the foot in football.

As of 2024, the kickoff still exists, though it has been radically redesigned (2024 hybrid kickoff rule) to address safety while preserving the play.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

The NFL should replace the onside kick with a 4th and 15 conversion attempt

The onside kick is pretty much dead with the new rules, I do think they've got to come up with something. Give a team a chance. Maybe you've got to convert a fourth and 15 or something or a fourth and 12 or something just to get the ball back and regain possession.

The NFL has discussed this but as of 2024 has not officially replaced the onside kick with a 4th-and-15 play.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

Lamar Jackson needs at least a 60% completion rate for the Ravens' downfield offense to succeed

What does success look like for [Lamar Jackson] next year? I'd say it's minimum 60% completion rate because we're going to be throwing the ball downfield, so it's not going to be a dink and dunk offense. He can make short throws and he has to make, you know, you've got to complete those at like 85%.

Lamar Jackson completed 66.1% of his passes in 2019, exceeding the 60% mark.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

Lamar Jackson's NFL success represents a 'revolution' not 'evolution'

Our job is to make sure that we do everything we can to create this offense. And I would say that, well, the league has never seen before since, like, 1950. So, like, we have to, you know, what comes around goes around. It's not evolution. It's revolution.

Lamar Jackson won two MVPs and transformed how mobile quarterbacks are utilized, validating Harbaugh's 'revolution' framing.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

Joe Flacco was elite — elite guy, elite person, absolutely

Was [Joe Flacco] elite? Elite. Elite guy. Elite person. Absolutely.

Harbaugh coached Flacco to a Super Bowl win. He pivots to 'elite guy, elite person' — a diplomatic but genuine endorsement from his former coach.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

The NFL should implement a 'Sky Judge' official in the press box

Let's put an official up in the box. He doesn't have to be a replay guy. Just make him the sky judge. Let him officiate the game from up there too. Just the big stuff, just the clear, obvious stuff.

The NFL has since implemented 'expedited review' and more assistance from the Replay Assistant/Art McNally GameDay Central that functions similarly to a Sky Judge.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

Robert Griffin III's best football is still ahead of him

I think a lot of people might chuckle at this, but I would say this. His best football is ahead of him. I really believe that.

RG3 remained a backup and never reached the heights of his rookie season again before transitioning to media.
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John HarbaughJohn Harbaugh

The 2011 Ravens were more talented than the 2012 Super Bowl team

Really, that was probably our best team, 2011. The most talented team. We were probably better than the 2012 team.

Subjective team comparison.

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