Giants’ coach Brian Daboll appreciates Jaxson Dart’s handling of rookie minicamp

It looks like a good beginning for the Giants’ rookie quarterback

It has not taken New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll long to gain an appreciation for how rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart, drafted No. 25 overall, works.

“He did what he was supposed to do. He was prepared. He put a lot of time and effort into it,” Daboll said of how Dart handled the two days of rookie minicamp. “I got a lot of appreciation for how he’s gone about short amount of time his business, and that’s what’s most important is how we can get him to a routine meeting with players extra, having walkthroughs at the hotels, communication, that’s part of playing quarterback is being on top of all those little things and if he can’t be on top of him, then the other guys, if they don’t know him, he can’t direct him in the right direction … how he’s gone about his business as a young pro at that position is important.”

Big Blue View was not in attendance for Saturday’s practice, but Dart reportedly also had a second straight solid day on the field. On Friday, he went 8 of 10 in 7-on-7 drills with a couple of excellent throws.

For a second straight day, offensive coordinator Mike Kafka called plays. Kafka called plays for two years, but head coach Brian Daboll took that role last season. Daboll said only “good observation” when asked about Kafka calling the plays during camp and did not commit to how that would be handled during the season.

Daboll has been giving Dart a lot of personal attention.

Thomas Fidone on his knee injuries

The rookie tight end missed back-to-back seasons at Nebraska with ACL tears in his left knee.

“It was definitely difficult, but I’ve always said this from college, and I wouldn’t take them back,” Fidone said. “I think that they’ve made me who I am mentally and physically, and it made me train harder in terms of just physically and being able to get back better than I was before. So that’s always the kind of goal that I had when it came from getting back from the injuries.”

“Learn, learn, learn”

That is what offensive lineman Marcus Mbow said he was aiming to do over the weekend.

“It’s definitely not going to change when the veterans get here. I just want to continue to be the best version of myself each day and I want to be the best one day,” Mbow said. “I’m going to keep striving until I get to that one day and just learn as much as I can. Keep going each day.”

A surprise call

Cornerback Korie Black has friends in the NFL, so most of the draft process did not surprise him. One thing that happened after the Giants selected him in the seventh round, though, did.

“On draft day, I did get a call from (quarterback) Russell Wilson, so that was a big thing,” Black said. “You get a call from a random number, a FaceTime call, and then you see him pop up on the screen. So, it was a cool experience. I even put my little brother on the phone.”