This time of 12 months, the NFL is all about layers.
The highest layer consists of the 2 groups heading to the Tremendous Bowl — the Seahawks and Patriots. It’s 2026 on the calendar, however they’re the 2 left standing from the 2025 season.
The following layer is crammed with these groups just lately ousted from the playoffs. Their offseasons have been delayed for all the appropriate causes — they earned their means into the playoffs — however they fell wanting the purpose.
Additional down, the following layer is made up of the groups that closed up their sport operations as soon as Week 18 was over and completed with. The Giants reside on this layer. In addition they joined the ranks of 10 groups that jettisoned their head coaches and have become embroiled in a dreaded head coach search. Due to a decided and targeted course of, the Giants recognized John Harbaugh as their No. 1 possibility, labored doggedly to get him and grew to become the primary of the ten to fill their emptiness.
