Dart, Harbaugh ushering in a new era for Giants
Chris Simms and Mike Florio discuss the potential of Jaxson Dart and how things are changing in New York with head coach John Harbaugh.
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Pft Live, Thursday edition.
The Giants are hosting the Cowboys to start the regular season in a week and a half.
Jaxson Dart had 14 snaps against the Vikings on August 15th, and that was it for his preseason.
Yeah.
Along the way, he made a trip to the blue tent.
Yeah, he does.
Missed a few snaps- Yeah, he did.
After he took a clean hit.
That'll send you to the blue tent.
Yeah, I know.
I know.
So here he is, Jaxson Dart, on not getting many live game reps this preseason.
I mean, every single day.
I mean, every day I'm going against Denard's defense, the great players that we have, the scheme that's in place, and, you know, those are some of the best reps that I'm gonna get, you know, going into week one.
So, I've been, you know, very grateful for those, because I would say early on in camp, there's a lot of things that maybe caught me by surprise and, you know, against a defense that I haven't really had a ton of experience playing against.
But I think it's just made myself and- and this team a, a lot better and, you know, I- I- I don't take those reps for granted.
So, I feel like those are the best reps I could possibly get each and every day.
Look, you gotta make the glass look half full, right?
Is it good to play in the preseason when you're a young quarterback?
Yes.
Yes.
Yeah.
especially with a new offense- Yeah with a new coaching staff.
Is it critical?
No, but it- it may add to the adjustment time- Yeah, that's right when it's time to go out and play in the games that count.
That's right.
It- it- it is You know, there's always that worry, but the fact that he did get out there, it is a new offense, so yeah, there's some- some new stuff that he's trying to learn.
And like you said, he's playing a defense, and Denard Robinson and what he's brought to the table here for the Giants, it does a lot of stuff on that side of the ball.
So I'm sure it's been a great experience for him.
But I think, yeah, with the playing in week one, and then, hey, they've already got a few They got Cam Scatty-boo coming back from injury, Malik Nabers coming back from injury.
He takes that hit and goes to the blue tent, where we can argue about whether he should have gone there or not.
I think that was enough to go, "Hey, we're good.
We got him.
He's looking good."
He has shown us he's kind of a natural anyways at going out there and playing.
So we hope for the best there.
The Giants certainly, I think, have a chance to be a pain in the butt, as we've talked about.
Like he said, that defense has got some talent.
They're excited about it, but that's a big, big test, week one with Dallas coming to town.
Isaiah Likely, who spent his whole career in Baltimore with John Harbaugh, had an interesting comment yesterday.
He's used to the way Harbaugh runs practice.
Yes.
And he said hearing how Giants camp was in the past- Uh-huh was kind of mind-boggling.
Uh-huh.
That's Well, you've heard me echo these sentiments to you a few times, right?
Whether I've seen some Giant players, from what things my dad has told me with the players, they're going, "I mean, I mean, he's- he's- he's working us."
Like, you know, they're- they're telling me, like, "Man, I've never been a part of a training camp like this."
Like, they were saying that in OTAs.
They continued to say that during training camp.
It is a different era in New York Giant football, and I think that's what everybody's excited about.
I know that's what's got my dad excited about it, and even other people in that organization, because they just feel like this is Giants.
This is the way we're supposed to be.
This is how it was with Tom Coughlin.
This is how it was with Bill Parcells.
And I think we know the results that that led to, and I think that's why they're excited.
Don't mess with Harbaugh.
There was that clip from the final preseason game where Cam Scatty-boo was saying something to him, and Harbaugh gave it back to him, and Dart is there, and Dart goes from smiling and laughing- Yeah, to real serious.
And after- after Harbaugh says what he says, Dart's like- Just looks like, "Yep, yep, my feet are on the ground.
I'm looking forward."
"I didn't do anything.
I didn't do anything.
It wasn't me.
It wasn't me, Coach."
That's when you know you got a real general leading the show there.
Well, and that- that's what they need.
That is what they need.
They- they haven't had it since Tom Coughlin.
Yeah.
And it shows.
