Daily Norseman
We’re just a couple of days away from the final road game of the year for the Minnesota Vikings, and that means it’s time to sit down and gather some intel from the team’s opponent for this week.
On Sunday, the team will be traveling to take on the New York Football Giants, who are actually the New Jersey Football Giants, but. . .you know, it’s a whole thing. Yours truly got the chance to exchange some questions with Ed Valentine, the lead writer from Big Blue View, SB Nation’s home for everything about Giants’ football. Ed has been doing this for as long as I have, so this isn’t the first time we’ve done this sort of thing.
Once Ed posts the answers to the questions he sent me over on BBV, I’ll link to them here in this post. For now, here are the questions I sent his way and his answers.
1) If the season ended today, the Giants would hold the #1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Do you think the Giants have seen enough from Jaxson Dart to this point where they still see him as the long-term answer at quarterback or do you think they would take a quarterback early in 2026 in that scenario?
Quite honestly, I think quarterback is off the table. Dart has been really good without a lot of help. He has the leadership and the personality to handle New York, and the play-making ability to be a star if he gets the right coach and some more help.
If Joe Schoen remains GM, I think there is no chance the Giants move on from Dart. Even if the Giants change the coach and GM, I believe one of the job pre-requisites is going to be signing off on building around Dart. Not moving on from him.
And, let me be clear, I 100% think that is the right approach.
2) Speaking of Dart, a lot of the conversation around him this season has centered around the concussion issue. As someone who covers the Giants, how much of a concern is that to you and the rest of the fan base?
I keep saying this, but I think the narrative and all of the attention it has received has gotten way out of hand. Dart has had ONE concussion. He has been tested four other times. The last one, Sunday against Washington, was ridiculous. He didn’t even get hit in the head.
I think the attention his aggressive playing style has received, and the fact that he keeps getting tested, ends up being a force multiplier. It just draws more and more attention, and makes the officials and the spotters overly sensitive.
The kid is 22. He will learn, and is learning, more about when and how to protect himself and when it is OK to take a risk. The Giants drafted this kid because he...
