Art Stapleton | NFL writer

Danielle Parhizkaran, NorthJersey

It's yet to be determined whether Joe Judge will win games as head coach of the New York Giants, obviously a long way to go there.

But you have to be impressed with the way he has gone about building his coaching staff.

Methodical. Calculated.

Seemingly every pick speaks to Judge's publicly-stated philosophy of what he wants in his assistants, and throughout the interview process, the 38-year-old first-time head coach opened each meeting with prospective candidates with a challenge.

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"I want to know how you can teach. Make me better by listening to you instruct," Judge told reporters last week at the Senior Bowl. "There are a lot of guys who have a base of knowledge. You can talk to any of the guys at practice out here [at the Senior Bowl] and put them on a board and they can draw up something. Everyone’s got a fancy scheme and there’s a lot of guys who can draw from their past experience. But teach me how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Teach me. Make me the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich-maker in the history of the world.”

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Judge is finalizing his coaching staff, and to this point, the Giants have only officially announced offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, defensive coordinator Patrick Graham and special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey.

The vetting portion of the process has been exhaustive, Judge insists, with phone calls and references with players the candidates have coached, coaches they’ve worked with and coaches they’ve gone against, hoping to get a sense of what problems they present for opponents.

“Anyone can go out there and point at a player and say, ‘You’re screwing this up,'" Judge said. “Tell him how to get it right on the front end. Show him what he did wrong, how he’s got to correct it. That’s what I want to know."

Here is a look at how Judge's staff is shaping up with all those confirmed by NorthJersey.com and USA TODAY NETWORK Northeast through sources with knowledge of the deal. Those persons spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the team's plans.

The only glaring opening that remains is defensive line coach.

Jason Garrett, OC

The former Cowboys head coach will go back to his roots as offensive coordinator - and returning to the Giants, for whom he served as the backup quarterback for four seasons. It'll be very interesting to see how Garrett takes some of the concepts such as pre-snap motion that were ahead of the NFL times back when he was OC in Dallas and brings it current.

Jerry Schuplinski, QB

An overlooked hiring done relatively early and without much fanfare. But given Schuplinski's connection with Judge dating back to New England and his previous work with Jimmy Garappolo and Jacoby Brissett up there, expect his presence to be one of the most significant in the room for Daniel Jones.

Burton Burns, RB

Burns coaches versatility with his backs, most recently at Alabama, and that should fit in perfectly with Judge's stated mission, not to mention Saquon Barkley's skill set.

Tyke Tolbert, WR

There were a lot of ups and downs within the position, yet Tolbert did a good job last season despite that, which is why Judge is retaining him from Pat Shurmur's previous staff. Darius Slayton's breakout as a rookie was also a positive mark for Tolbert.

Marc Colombo, OL

This was a big hire for Judge, and the ties to Garrett are important. The 41-year-old has done a good job in Dallas, and it's not always because of the talent with which he was working. There will be a lot of attention given to Colombo's efforts here.

Freddie Kitchens, TE

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Other than Garrett, Kitchens is the hiring most will talk about. He's done plenty of good work as an assistant coaching tight ends, running backs and quarterbacks. That will be overshadowed by the failure of the Browns during a 6-10 campaign last year that cost Kitchens his only head coaching job.

Derek Dooley, assistant

Dooley's title is unspecified as of now, but it's possible he ends up as a passing game coordinator. He has experience coaching quarterbacks and was most recently the offensive coordinator at Missouri. He also coached wide receivers in Dallas for Garrett. Expect him to be an all-purpose coach working in different facets on offense.

Patrick Graham, DC

Judge's hire of Graham opened some eyes, but this is a projection based on familiarity. The two worked together in New England, and Judge likes Graham's willingness to be as multiple as possible. Graham's performance could go a long way in determining how we're going to measure the development of this defense.

Bret Bielema, OLB

The 50-year-old Bielema spent the past two seasons in New England, including 2019 as the defensive line coach. The Patriots ranked seventh in the league in sacks and sixth in run defense. He was a head coach for 12 seasons, first at Wisconsin and then Arkansas.

Kevin Sherrer, ILB

Sherrer and Judge were together at Alabama for two years. Sherrer had been at Georgia with Marc Richt and Kirby Smart, and he coached Leonard Floyd, Jordan Jenkins and some guy named Lorenzo Carter, who Sherrer coached for his entire career at UGA.

Jerome Henderson, DB

Henderson is a veteran presence on the back end in terms of NFL experience, the last four seasons as the Atlanta Falcons defensive passing game coordinator. Before joining Atlanta, Henderson spent time as the defensive backs coach with the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, and New York Jets.

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Anthony Blevins

Blevins was a graduate assistant with Judge at Mississippi State, and he's another holdover from Shurmur's staff. He had served as a special teams assistant, but is expected to move to the secondary and be an assistant with Henderson.

Jody Wright

Wright worked with Judge as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State, and he spent last season on the offensive side of the ball with Kitchens with the Browns.

Thomas McGaughey, STC

McGaughey has done a solid job since returning to the Giants two seasons ago, and Judge made a wise move keeping him on staff.

Tom Quinn

Quinn is the former coordinator under Tom Coughlin and Ben McAdoo, and parted ways with the team, only to return when McGaughey had to take time to treat an illness two summers ago.