The Giants pre-Harbaugh would have counted on Banks to simply get better in the hopes of validating their pre-draft evaluations. Or they would do what Schoen did last year: Built through free agency and paid big money for free agent veteran corner Paulson Adebo as a Band-Aid, while ignoring that position in the 2024 draft until Korie Black’s selection in the seventh round.
Harbaugh, however, replenished the barren corner room with a hard-nosed player under cost control. Now, if Banks rebounds under Harbaugh’s and Wilson’s coaching, the Giants might actually have depth and a future. And if he doesn’t, they hopefully aren’t stuck in a vicious cycle of having to continue addressing the same position every year with a desperate swing.
This is how a professional thinks and operates. The results don’t always follow the process, but Harbaugh’s improved process ideally will raise the floor on the Giants’ fortunes — rather than making it likely that they will annually bottom out.
