Simms throws cold water on the “sit for a whole season” idea
Phil Simms doesn’t want to hear about rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart sitting for the entirety of the 2025 season.
“That is the most overused stupid thing that I see people say on TV,” Simms told Kay Adams on the ‘Up & Adams Show’.
Simms pointed to his rookie season of 1979 when he as inserted into the lineup in Week 5.
“The ideal situation to me …. they get off to a decent start, we see the whole team is better than it was last year. The defensive line. I think the last two drafts have been very good. All that. We’re respectable,” Simms said.
“But then there comes a point six, seven, eight weeks into the season unless you see that there’s an opportunity to really be great we’ve got to find a spot to put Jaxson Dart in there, give him some experience, let him have some success and some failures because that’s how you grow in the NFL as a quarterback.”
Here’s why Simms is optimistic about Dart.
“Forget the decision making, the throwing, all that’s good. But I think what really sent it over the top for me and why I’m glad the Giants got him was the fact that his mobility was just better than I was giving him giving him credit for … runs at the right time, gives the play every opportunity to have success and when in doubt, the pressure’s too much, he can make it happen and he knows situation where that mobility comes in very handy.”
