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A Broncos linebacker noted that Jaxson Dart dances and wears chains. Dart was amused by that. He gave The Post his response: “I think a lot of guys wear chains and dance when they score touchdowns. I appreciate him following my dance touchdowns.”
A big part of Dart’s comfort level in his three starts has been the way coach Brian Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka have tailored the offense to their young quarterback’s strengths. That has included taking passing concepts from Ole Miss’ playbook and featuring them in the Giants’ offense. The Giants have even started using Ole Miss coaches’ names for some of their one-word play calls when they’re going up-tempo, which was another staple of Dart’s college offense.
“I was trying to figure out a few concepts back home, like ‘What play is that? I don’t remember running that play,’” said Wide receiver Juice Wells, who was re-signed to the Giants’ practice squad on Monday. “I was just watching and I was like, ‘Dang, those look exactly like some of the Ole Miss plays’.”
Wells’ re-signing is more evidence of Dart’s influence on the offense and plan. The quarterback all but confirmed he made the suggestion to bring Wells back, and Daboll and Schoen listened. As they should have. If they’re embracing the Ole Miss offense’s concepts, they might as well bring back a receiver who knows that playbook better than most.
“First of all, it’s just cool to be in an organization where everybody can cooperate and communicate with one another,” Dart said. “That’s something that I’m really thankful for, just being here. So, me and [Daboll] have conversations all day, every day, about kind of how he sees things, how I see things. There’s definitely a lot of communication.”
Q: One of the big stories of the last three weeks has been the fast starts. What is yours and Mike Kafka’s philosophy on scripted starts?
Daboll: “You go through a week, you practice for three days and you have a bunch of meetings. You try to do what you think you can do in the beginning...
