The ongoing season turned out to be a year of replenishment for the New York Giants. While the team managed find a reliable leader in John Harbaugh, it seems like he is willing to do things his own way. According to recent reports, the franchise has decided to part ways with a member of the management team, who has been connected with the team for almost 30 years.

“The #Giants have parted ways with Kevin Abrams, their Senior VP of Football Operations and Strategy, sources say, as part of organizational restructuring,” insider Ian Rapoport wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “A respected employee for nearly 30 years, Abrams has been a mainstay through every regime. Now, NYG has moved on.”

Abrams has spent the last four years as the Giants’ Senior Vice President of Football Operations and Strategy and has been part of the franchise for nearly three decades. He previously served as interim general manager and remained a key figure after the team hired Joe Schoen as GM.

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While it’s possible Abrams is simply retiring after 27 years, the timing of his decision turned out to be concerning. His exit comes at a time when the Giants hired the Super Bowl-winning coach John Harbaugh as their 21st head coach. He left Baltimore after 18 seasons and therefore signed a five-year deal to report directly to ownership.

The series of events could also be a replication of what happened during his time with the Ravens. Several players, including Gus Edwards, J.K. Dobbins, Diontae Johnson, and others, also made notable shifts by transitioning their careers to different franchises.

According to the New York Post, several members of the defensive coaching staff will not be coming back next season. Defensive line coach Andre Patterson, inside linebackers coach John Egorugwu, secondary coach and pass game coordinator Marquand Manuel, and cornerbacks coach Jeff Burris are all expected to move on. All of this seems to be connected, as it comes at a time when the Giants decided to make a big shift in their traditional methods.

John Harbaugh denies the importance of his direct contact with the management

John Harbaugh’s deal with the New York Giants didn’t just come with a massive paycheck. While their last coach, Brian Daboll, reported to their general manager Joe Schoen, things are being conducted in a different manner this time around. Latest reports unveil that he will directly report to the ownership led by John Mara. However, Harbaugh isn’t seeing this as a positive because he believes this won’t help him in the long run.

“To me it’s really not that important in the big picture, in the big scheme of things. I think it’s kind of overblown in terms of how it works,” Harbaugh told ESPN. “But the main thing is that it works and we work together. That’s kind of what I was used to and it felt like a good way to start off. I think we’re all going to work together. I promise you, we all report to the boss. And the boss is ownership.”

Chris Mara met with Harbaugh several times during the early stages of the recruitment process. This included a lunch arranged by former Giants head coach Tom Coughlin. “He’s going to be the most important cog in the wheel. Let’s put it that way. But in terms of final say, this is going to be a collaborative effort between ownership, general manager and coach,” Mara clarified.

While both Harbaugh and the ownership have denied the existence of any direct decisions, the claims of Harbaugh making the sudden changes still don’t find a base.