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Giants news, 10/28: Praise for Dart grows, Cam Skattebo, Dexter Lawrence, more headlines

Good morning, New York Giants fans!

From Big Blue View

Other Giant observations

Giants employee — and team legend — to star: ‘No one respects you’ | NJ.com

“Dexter Lawrence,” said Carl Banks, a two-time champion with the Giants. “Nobody respects you anymore. Nobody. Your opponents do not. The pre-injury Dexter is not there, in their heads. They don’t respect you. And there’s a difference. You’re on the field. They’re blocking you with a nine-year backup center. You’re not making a difference. The old Dexter would.”

Boomer calls push tush call “crap”

NFL coaches on the hot seat: Why Brian Daboll’s status is more complex than you think — Pick Six | The Athletic

There’s no way to make a case for Daboll staying based on an 11-31 record over the past three seasons. If the fire-breathing version of Daboll we see on the sideline resembles the version the Giants are living with behind the scenes, that would seem to work against him as well.

“If the offense is on track and the quarterback is on a developmental track that is acceptable, they’ll let them go another year,” another coach said. “The only way they turn it over is if they get a big name…They have shown they do not have a good process hiring head coaches anyway.”

Schoen and Daboll are no strangers to setting and breaking records. Their Giants set a new franchise record last season by losing 10 straight games overall between Weeks 6 and 16. The Giants now have a 5-20 record under Schoen and Daboll since the start of the 2024 NFL season and a 3-17 record in their last 20 games.

So rolls on the lowered standards of their ownership and organization deeper into the record books.

Giants are in the Jaxson Dart danger zone after step back that continues losing ways | New York Post

The Giants are entering the danger zone.

Scratch that. They aren’t entering anything. They are in it, entangled in it, mixed up in a familiar ensnarement that is impossible to escape and is pulling them down into the depths that they have inhabited for so very long.

Van Roten: Dart does not carry himself like a rookie

One NFL executive feels teams may be learning the book on New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart as the first-round pick gets more snaps.

“When you lose a game like you just did, allowing 33 points in one quarter, I feel like you do not recover,” they said. “I feel like now, teams are going to have a good feel for who this quarterback is, and that magic he had from going in there and being the spark is about to dissipate, because teams are going to make him play quarterback.”

Future of Jaxson Dart’s team is now, so Giants must act like it at NFL trade deadline | The Record

The New York Giants are not making the playoffs, so let’s get that out of the way.

There are no delusions of grandeur here for a team that continues to spin its wheels each and every time there’s an opportunity to take an enormous leap forward, showing the maturation and development still needed to truly become contenders within the NFC East and beyond.

Even in lost season, Giants must do everything possible to maximize Jaxson Dart’s rookie year | SNY.tv

Dart elevates the play of those around him, even if it’s not always perfect. In his last three games (two against the Eagles, one against the Broncos), Dart has accounted for eight touchdowns.

The Giants have a decision to make over the next two weeks. Most teams with this record are done with the season. They fixate on the draft. The Giants are different. There will be no playoff run — no one is suggesting that. But with Dart, the priority shifts to him and his development. The Giants must do everything they can to get the most out of him and prepare him for the future. If an opportunity presents itself to give up assets for a proven receiver who can help Dart now and in the future, the Giants must pounce.

Cam Skattebo injury: 6 potential replacements for Giants’ running back | SB Nation

Among them is a player who would not have to move far: the Jets’ Breece Hall has been often mentioned as a player potentially playing for somebody else in the near future. Gang Green has not made any concrete efforts to sell him as far as we know, but that might change if the right offer comes along.

Other names to keep an eye on include Tennessee’s Tony Pollard or Miami’s Jaylen Wright — two players, like Hall, on teams whose seasons are not going anywhere and who might be willing to part ways with some of their talent as a result. Pollard would add additional experience and proven production to the Giants backfield, whereas the sophomore Wright has some intriguing traits currently not being utilized by the moribund Dolphins.

The Giants and 49ers met in a massive “Monday Night Football” matchup late in the 1990 season in San Francisco. The physical, low-scoring game, won 7-3 by the 49ers, was more memorable for what happened after, and in the coming weeks, than the game. 49ers star safety Ronnie Lott and Giants quarterback Phil Simms (pictured) went face-to-face after the contest because of bad blood between the teams.

The Giants would get their redemption. They won the NFC Championship Game in San Francisco to ruin the 49ers’ attempt at a three-peat.

This week’s opponent

49ers’ Houston no-show laid bare their biggest roster issue, and leaves them with tough decision | Niners Nation

Given the level of injury adversity the 49ers are dealing with, it was no surprise to see a game like this finally arrive. Eventually, the blows just became too much and, in a game in which the offensive line was overmatched against the Texans’ ferocious defensive line, the 49er attack could not do enough to support a defense that simply didn’t have the horses to get Houston off the field.

Tight end George Kittle defended the undermanned defense’s performance, praising Robert Saleh’s unit for playing “bend but don’t break” defense amid yet more injuries to the likes of Sam Okuayinonu, Jordan Elliott and Dee Winters. The defense allowed two touchdowns and four field goals.

Lessons from NFL Week 8 blowouts: Taylor, Barkley, Kraft star | ESPN.com

Kyle Shanahan’s offense didn’t manage a first down until the final drive of the first half and failed to move the chains even once on six of its nine possessions. One week after his best game of the season, Christian McCaffrey was held to 25 rushing yards on eight carries, while most of the star back’s 43 receiving yards came late in the fourth quarter with the 49ers trailing by double digits. The Texans didn’t let McCaffrey beat them, and no other 49ers player was up to the task of taking over the game.