Daniel Jeremiah thinks Dart will be the Giants’ QB before the season is half over
Add NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah to the list of those who think this will not be a full redshirt season for New York Giants’ rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart.
“I think he’s got a chance to play pretty darn early here,” Jeremiah told Rich Eisen. “You just kind of listen to the words of Brian Daboll and you get the sense, this was his guy. He’s invested in him, and he seems to really, really like him … it sounds a little different the way he’s talking about him.
“To me that makes it sound like , hey, this isn’t something that this is a redshirt year for him as they hand the ball to Russell Wilson for a full season. I think we’re gonna see a lot of Jaxson Dart this year.”
Jeremiah’s prediction for Dart’s first start? Week 7 against the Denver Broncos, a game that comes after a 10-day layoff for the Giants.
If the Giants are not winning enough games to legitimately feel they are contending for a playoff spot, there could easily come a point in time when it no longer makes sense for Dart not to play.
Could that be Week 5 against the New Orleans Saints? Week 7 vs. Denver, as Jeremiah predicts? Week 9 vs. the San Francisco 49ers? Week 13 vs. the New England Patriots? Week 15 against the Washington Commanders following the Giants’ bye?
No matter how the season unfolds for the Giants, there will constantly be an undercurrent of wondering when Dart will play.
