In just a few months, John Harbaugh has imprinted his identity and culture on Giants

They are two of the most commonly used words when discussing a team. Culture and identity.  Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.Changing the Giants’ culture off the field and identity on the field was always going to be one of the greatest challenges for John Harbaugh when he took over as head coach.

He inherited a team whose culture was nonexistent and whose recent identity was of a perennial loser. He conversely brought with him a longtime and sustained winning culture and identity with the Ravens.Already, some of it was noticeable in their Week 1 win over the Cowboys. “I’d say it’s really his identity, his culture,” tight end Isaiah Likely told The Post after practice on Friday.

“Obviously with the Ravens, he had been there for so long, it feels like it was the Ravens identity.But coach Harbaugh was always the head coach.

I feel like he instilled the Ravens mantra and everything.So when he got over here, I guess you can quote-unquote say it was the Ravens mantra, but it’s coach Harbaugh’s culture.” Four ex-Ravens followed Harbaugh to the Giants — Likely, fullback Pat Ricard, punter Jordan Stout and safety Ar’Darius Washington.

They have turned the Meadowlands into a bit of a Ravens North. And the Harbaugh Four have been spreading the Harbaugh Culture and the Harbaugh Identity. “Trying to instill a winning atmosphere,” Likely said.“Obviously, the years prior that they’ve been having, it hasn’t been on the upper end or over .500.

I was blessed enough to, my last year with the Ravens was the only year we didn’t make the playoffs.So knowing that big-time football starts in December-on.

So just understanding, having everybody understand that if you want to be in those big games, you got to take the offseason serious, you got to take practice serious, even watching film. “Just knowing that and just really getting into practices now where every li...