Giants OC Matt Nagy discusses QB Jaxson Dart’s development
Giants offensive coordinator Matt Nagy discusses Jaxson Dart's growth, confidence and maturity, and the "it factor" he saw in the young quarterback early on.
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Where is Jackson in his development?
I would say, you look back at a week ago or two weeks ago when we talked here, it's definitely a lot better, which is expected.
He's growing, he's confident.
He's in a place where I think each day, his, his, his composure, his competitiveness, confidence in what we're doing is growing.
And I think you saw that probably in Miami, was when it really started jumping out.
You get a new defense, some different looks.
He's really executing well, and so that part, that growth is, is key to have.
And I think every single day, you know, almost daily, he's getting better and better, and that, that's the exciting part as a coach.
Now, how much pressure is there on the play caller for a second-year quarterback- Yeah who's being asked to take a second-year leap?
Yeah, it's, it's a lot of pressure because you wanna, you wanna make sure that you put him and the rest of the offense in the best position possible to s- to, to score.
And there's gonna be some good play calls, and there's gonna be some bad play calls.
And we need to work together and, make sure that we're understanding when a play goes, the wrong way, how do you, how do you fix it and why.
And then, so that just, that daily constant communication.
We've had two good games now, to be able to talk through adjustments within the game.
I think that part's good, but I wanna be able to put him in the best situation possible with, between this staff and our teammates.
And then he's gonna there's gonna be times where, like that touchdown pass he had in week one, right?
The play wasn't open, and so he turned it into a scramble and a beautiful, spectacular play.
That's rare, what he did.
And so h- he made that look like a good play call in the newspaper, but really it wa- you know, it d- the play, the play call per se didn't work.
Can I- Just Okay, yeah.
How, how do you know, when do you know when a young quarterback has it?
You know, when he's, when he's the guy, he's the real deal?
I would say you gotta put it You know, you gotta win.
You gotta see it, with- within more than just one year.
You'll know when you go into it, do you know if the guy has the it factor, some of the intangibles.
You can know that right away as you get into the first several months.
I saw that right away with this kid, with Jackson, in OTAs.
I didn't really know him that well when he came out, but when I got here and got to know him, I knew within probably two weeks of the person part of it that he had what is needed.
Then you start seeing his competitiveness and, like, where he's at.
He's so competitive that he wants to be perfect, and there's times right now where, you know, if we have eight good plays and two bad plays, those two bad plays can affect the next 10 plays, you know?
He's, he's still young.
He's 23 years old.
So, him understanding that sometimes that's gonna happen, and I think that's what I've seen the most here from the start of training camp till today, his, his growth and maturity in that part has been great.
Now we gotta take it to the season and see how it goes during the year.
