The Giants have benched veteran quarterback Russell Wilson for rookie Jaxson Dart. On Wednesday, coach Brian Daboll met with reporters to address the change. Via Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com, Daboll called it “my decision” to roll with the first-rounder. Few decisions like this are made solely by the coach. None are made without talking to others and forming a consensus …
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This is it. Making Jaxson Dart the starting quarterback is the last card New York Giants coach Brian Daboll has to play. Daboll has overseen a team that has gone 11-33-1 since starting the 2022 season 7-2. Daboll’s Giants are a miserable 3-17 since the start of last season. The coach knew he was on a short leash when he …
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Will Russell Wilson still be the Giants’ starting quarterback in Week 3? Head coach Brian Daboll left the possibility wide open that the team will move in a different direction. After New York’s offense looked listless against Kansas City on Sunday night, Daboll did not definitively say Wilson will continue as the starter for the team’s Week 4 matchup against …
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Brian Daboll stopped short of announcing a quarterback change Monday, but he also notably would not rule out replacing Russell Wilson with prized rookie Jaxson Dart this week against the Chargers. Daboll’s series of non-committal answers open up an intriguing week for the Giants, who are off to an ugly 0-3 start following Sunday night’s 22-9 loss to the Chiefs. …
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Giants head coach Brian Daboll heard the fans booing during Sunday night’s loss to the Chiefs, and he said he understood it. “I’d be booing too, to be honest with you, in terms of not being good enough, not scoring, not finishing. I understand that. That’s the nature of it. We’ve got to do better,” Daboll said. Daboll was asked …
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At some point, the Giants will turn to their rookie quarterback, Jaxson Dart. But that will not be in Week 2. New York head coach Brian Daboll told reporters on Monday that Russell Wilson will be the starter when the Giants play the Cowboys in Week 2. Daboll had left that a little uncertain when he spoke to reporters after …
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Russell Wilson was hoping for a bounce-back season with the Giants when he signed with the team over the offseason, but now, after an ugly performance in his debut on Sunday, the 36-year-old quarterback is already having people questioning if his starting job will soon be in jeopardy. Wilson completed 17-of-36 passes for 168 yards in Sunday’s 21-6 loss on …
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When the Giants drafted Jaxson Dart in the first round this April, they guaranteed that head coach Brian Daboll would get questions about when the rookie will start any time that Russell Wilson doesn’t play well in a loss. It didn’t take long for that to happen. Wilson was 17-of-37 for 168 yards in a 21-6 loss to the Commanders …
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📰 It is a “normal” in-season Wednesday for the Giants. They will practice in full pads and “everybody will be out there.” The first official injury report will be released later this afternoon. 📰 Left tackle Andrew Thomas, who spent the summer rehabbing, is “improving” each day and was listed as limited on the first injury report of the week. …
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Giants first-round rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart turned in his second straight strong preseason game on Saturday, but he won’t be given the opportunity to earn the starting job for the regular season. Asked after the game whether Dart could be in the starting quarterback conversation, Giants head coach Brian Daboll said Russell Wilson has already been given the job. “Russ …
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