How John Harbaugh Expertly Shut Down Drama After Malik Nabers’ Viral Draft Critique

Harbaugh’s show of respect for Nabers’ feelings will undoubtedly go a long way toward the locker room he’s trying to rebuild into a competitive, winning atmosphere.

With the head coach already running a tight ship, which will include loads of competition across the board–the real kind, not just empty promises which, again, were faults of prior staffs–the veteran head coach is setting a strong example of what’s most important in achieving that goal.

“You know, one thing that you'll kind of probably see as we go here, we don't get too worried about stuff,” Harbaugh said of Nabers’ opinion.

“You know, as long as a person's heart is in the right place, as long as the person really cares, a player, a coach, or anybody, you really want what's best for everybody.

“He has a good heart and a good place, you know, say what you think. Put it out there. We talk all the time about confronting everything that has to do with our football.”

Harbaugh's willingness to explain the plan for Reese is another underrated  quality that was missing from the Giants’ top spot in years past.

Unlike predecessors who talked a good game about building a winner only to lack a solid plan to achieve that goal, Harbaugh has a clear vision of how he intends to build a winner.

“Malik wants to know how we're going to use our first round pick, and I want to show him,” Harbaugh said, adding that Nabers was the first of the players to show up to greet Reese when he came to the team’s headquarters on Friday.

“The fact that he says it publicly, who cares? I know fans are probably thinking the same thing. It was the same question that everybody is going to have, and we knew that, because we knew how Arvell was perceived.

“I know we've got a great vision for him, and I think we saw him -- he's a player that fits our structure, our defense very uniquely, and maybe that's hard for people to see, but you'll see it soon enough.”