Good morning, New York Giants fans! And, yes, it is still a good morning despite the way the Giants played on Sunday. You are, after all, on the right side of the grass.
From Big Blue View
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When Daboll said afterward that “Jaxson is the leader of our football team” it was not a slip of the tongue, but it was a glaring admission about how the rest of the roster is constructed. That Dart is “the” leader is an indictment that others are not.
Daboll’s decision to kick was more curious because Gano hooked his first field goal wide left late in the first half. It was a gut punch after Brian Burns’ strip-sack caused a fumble to pop into Abdul Carter’s outstretched arms.
Jaxson Dart is going to be a star, maybe a big star, at the only position in the NFL that really counts.
And it doesn’t matter that he got beaten up in this 34-24 loss, or that he appeared less dynamic when the 49ers used lane discipline in their pass rush as kryptonite to weaken the Superman character Dart played on Halloween.
It also doesn’t matter whether Brian Daboll continues coaching him next year, which now seems like a long shot. Based on what Giants fans have seen from Daboll in three-plus seasons, does anyone really believe that he’s the only coach in America who can develop Dart into an elite NFL quarterback?
Go make Lane Kiffin the next star in the Ole Miss-Giants pipeline (Charlie Conerly, Eli Manning, Dart) and see how young No. 6 fares in 2026.
Again, what have Daboll and Schoen shown to create the belief that they can fix this? It’s hard to find anything this team is even good at in the fourth year of this regime, other than the promise of rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart and the excellence of outside linebacker Brian Burns.
The Giants won’t fire Daboll during the season unless there’s a meltdown that reaches 2017 proportions. And since Eli Manning isn’t around to be benched, Daboll will likely avoid that level of controversy. Plus, there would be no benefit to breaking up Daboll and Dart during the season.
But when forecasting the future, it’s becoming impossible to find a reason to maintain the status quo. Dart’s encouraging start shouldn’t save this regime. If anything, he’s the No. 1 asset the franchise has to attract a coveted replacement.
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