Overview
- The Athletic reports Dawn Aponte was hired with John Harbaugh’s heavy involvement and will oversee analytics, salary cap management, and player contract negotiations.
- Yahoo Sports says the Giants established a structure with Harbaugh reporting directly to ownership rather than to GM Joe Schoen.
- Cited New York Daily News reporting describes Schoen as largely handling scouting while most departments report to Aponte, who reports to Harbaugh.
- Harbaugh publicly praised Schoen’s performance and said they speak multiple times daily, according to Ian O’Connor’s profile of Harbaugh’s first month.
- Team statements outline Aponte’s role as Harbaugh’s day-to-day conduit to the personnel departments, with free agency and the draft expected to test the new hierarchy.