Joe Schoen and John Harbaugh took the podium on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. This will be the first time they go through the draft process together as general manager and head coach of the same team.

Here is everything you need to know as the combine kicks off with free agency also just weeks away.

GM Joe Schoen

📰 While this will be Schoen's fifth draft and free agency cycle as general manager of the Giants, it is his first in a few years without questions at quarterback. Anyone who watched Jaxson Dart in 2025 knows this already. So, how does it change Schoen's approach?

"It is nice to have that piece in place to have a rookie quarterback that played well his rookie year and know who you're going to build around. So, yeah, it's an exciting time for us and some of the other young, core pieces that we have. So you're really going to build it around Jaxson, new head coach, and some other changes within the organization."

📰 Schoen said there were "a lot of sleepless nights last year" trying to fill out the quarterback room. "We definitely have more flexibility. We have some holes, and that's where we'll see what's going to come up in free agency. We have some UFAs that we would like to keep. If we can't keep them, that certainly opens up other holes. Yes, you feel good about having the quarterback, but there are some other positions that we're going to need to fill throughout this free agency process."

📰 Schoen did not have a chance to attend the Senior or East-West Shrine Bowls this year due to the head coach search, so the combine is his first opportunity to get around prospects.

"I was behind, but this past week I was crushing it in the office doing film. This research for the head coach, it did set me back. That was my priority. First and foremost, it was finding the best head coach for the New York Giants. I spent a lot of time in December when I would normally be watching film doing a lot of research on the coaching candidates.

📰 As for free agency, Schoen feels like he is in a "good spot" with the prep. "In the last week I've been able to play catch-up on the college draft prospects and I'll continue to do so. But really going to start focusing on free agency this week with the meetings that we're going to have and the strategy and planning starting next week." The new league year begins March 11.

📰 Schoen feels "good" about where running back Cam Skattebo and wide receiver Malik Nabers are in their rehab process.

📰 Schoen has been texting with Nabers the last couple of days and "he's in a good spot." The plan is "hopefully for him to still be ready for training camp" but don't hold Schoen to it. "Every patient reacts different, and hopefully there are no setbacks."

📰 What has Schoen learned about Harbaugh in their first month together? "The leadership, the passion for football. He's a hard worker. He's a very hard worker. He's in there all the time. Great football mind. Not just Xs and Os, but the leadership that he brings, the plan, the clarity in terms of how he wants to build a team."

📰 Harbaugh's communication has also been phenomenal. "Again, when he got here, it's the first time you're going through everything together. How did you guys do this in Baltimore? OK, this is how we're doing it. OK, we're doing that exactly the same. Now we get to pro days. How do you operate? Do you want coaches to go out, not go out? So the process is the same. It's just overcommunicating on how we do things versus how they did things in Baltimore or how he wants it done. So they drafted well in Baltimore and they've won a lot of games. Again, we don't have all the answers. There are tweaks we can make that will make us better and I'm open to that."

📰 On organizational changes: "Those are decisions that were organizational decisions in terms of upgrading those departments and adding some new thoughts, ideas, philosophies in different departments. So a lot of upgrades I like. We put together a phenomenal coaching staff."

📰 Video and analytics departments will report to Dawn Aponte, who was recently hired senior vice president of operations and strategy. "The diversity of her skillset at the league office, the three teams she worked with before, been on health and safety committees, in charge of the salary cap negotiations in the past. So her skillset will help us across the entire football organization, so a really good hire, really good add for the New York Giants that I'm fired up about."

📰 Schoen's role "has not changed" as general manager. "I'm still tasked with leading the entire football operation. We're going to work in collaboration, like most good teams do, and it's going to be a collaborative effort. Everybody will have their role."

📰 There is "constant communication" between Aponte, Harbaugh, and Schoen in terms of how they are going to build the football operations and they are going to execute the draft, trades, free agency, contract signings, coaching staff, etc.

📰 Aponte is a "tremendous resource" and it's an easy transition "because it's a lot of what Kevin Abrams was doing, if you guys remember his role. It is essentially the same."

📰 The Giants, who hold the No. 5 overall pick among their draft capital, are "open to moving back if an opportunity is there."

📰 The Giants are also fine staying put, and there is always a chance to move up or down in the second round if it doesn't happen in the first.

Coach John Harbaugh (set to speak at 1 p.m. ET)