What sort of bizarro world are we living in right now? Matt Nagy is the new offensive coordinator of the New York Giants, and Giants fans are livid. A guy who couldn't even lead a competent offense with Patrick Mahomes at QB in Kansas City holds the fate of Jaxson Dart's development in his hands.
The Nagy move isn't a complete nightmare, it's just really uninspired when it would've been easier for John Harbaugh to chase a play-caller with upside. This is the life Big Blue is used to, but the New York Jets just made their OC hire official, and somehow, they came away with a better OC than we did.
The Jets hired another ex-head coach, Frank Reich to be their new OC, which isn't much better, but it is still better. He was a nightmare in his last stint as a head coach, but is still a successful OC whose play-calling led the Eagles to a Super Bowl win with Nick Foles after Carson Wentz got hurt in 2017.
Source: the Jets are hiring former Panthers and Colts HC Frank Reich as their offensive coordinator. Reich also was Stanford’s interim head coach last season, but now he returns to the NFL. pic.twitter.com/W8uN5VAsQn
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 4, 2026
Nagy is a Super Bowl-winning play-caller, too, but he was also working with the most talented quarterback to ever walk the earth. The Chiefs could've won the Super Bowl that year with me calling plays, so this isn't overly impressive. And neither is the instant damage control on social media.
We are living in an insane alternate reality because the Jets made a more competent decision than the Giants
You know it's bad when the Jets are making you look stupid. There should be no allure to coaching with someone like Aaron Glenn, because that guy is an obvious sitting duck in New York. That front office (and ownership) is one of the worst in football, yet they're still doing more right than we are.
Harbaugh's assembly of his new coaching staff was off to an amazing start, but once Todd Monken took a head coaching job, things took a turn for the worse. He was widely expected to follow the 63-year-old to New York, but once he flew off the board, Big Blue's OC search was completely cooked since he put all of his eggs in one basket.
There's a reason most Giants fans were hoping he would end up in Philadelphia. Nagy has led one top 10 offenses since 2018 so even though his experience can be a positive for Dart, this offense will be real vanilla, since he isn't innovative enough to run an offense in line with someone like Sean McVay.
Like Reich, hiring Nagy is just a low-ceiling move for the Giants, but the G-Men had other options. The Jets had no other choice than to bring in someone like Reich since nobody wants to call plays for an offense this devoid of talent, especially when it's likely you're getting fired after the 2026 season.
The Super Bowl-winning head coach was supposed to develop an all-star coaching staff, but instead, Harbaugh's staff has underwhelmed to the point that the ugly stepchild of the NFL world is lapping them.