John Harbaugh Just Saved the Giants Run Game

A week after John Harbaugh benches Cam Scadabo, there was a point in the broadcast where Drew Brees goes, holy crap, I didn't know he was that fast. Cam wasn't running hard. He wasn't running confident. He wasn't protecting the ball. And Harbaugh starts giving all these running backs the cold shoulder. One guy gets benched one week. One guy gets benched one week. One guy gets zero carries. And all of a sudden, the three of them are together at the end of the game, flexing and celebrating for the camera. That is pure coaching. That is pure coaching. That is pushing a button and benching someone and getting them back out the next week while getting the best of them. It's interesting. I've talked to college coaches about this sort of thing. And what they'll always tell you, which is fascinating, is we can't coach them the way we used to be able to coach them because they'll leave. Now, that's a little less of an issue in the NFL because of... They can't leave. Because they can't leave. But you're dealing with the kids who are coming through that system to get to you. and that to me is Harbaugh getting the most out of the running back position Harbaugh's staff getting the most out of the offensive line which has been much maligned there over the course of the last five to ten years right all of a sudden that team has an identity