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On the surface, it’s absurd for a team in the Giants’ position to consider giving up draft assets to improve the current roster. But digging deeper, the development of Jaxson Dart could justify a move that will upgrade the rookie quarterback’s weapons for the second half of the season.
The challenge for Schoen is threading the needle of upgrading Dart’s supporting cast while preserving draft capital for a roster that still has glaring deficiencies. Schoen’s passivity thus far has been perplexing, as the Giants didn’t make any receiver additions in the three weeks following Nabers’ injury until signing Ray-Ray McCloud to the practice squad Thursday.
Keeping Dart on the field, healthy enough to run the offense, has to be the Giants’ priority. The NFL trade deadline could become a part of the story of how the Giants support Dart best, too.
Dealing premium assets for a receiver at this juncture would seem wasteful for the organization’s future, since that would not turn this into a playoff team or anything close…However they do it, the Giants need a cohesive plan. And that plan needs to be centered around getting the most out of this season for Dart while not putting him at unnecessary risk and dragging his psyche and future down with this 2025 season and this regime.
2. Brian Daboll (New York Giants). Can Jaxson Dart even save Daboll’s job at this rate? The Giants have struggled since their shocking win over the Eagles in Week 6, blowing an 18-point lead at the Broncos with six minutes left — then getting blown out by the Eagles just 17 days after they defeated Philadelphia.
Season-ending injuries to Malik Nabers and Cam Skattebo have demoralized the Giants’ offense, even with Dart playing well. Daboll would be safe, but it’s inexcusable to a have a fourth-quarter collapse like the one that the Giants had in Denver followed by the way that Daboll acted with his team getting jobbed by the “tush push” fumble and offensive pass interference call that wasn’t. Both actions clearly affected the Giants in the blowout loss, and they...
