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Four games for Jaxson Dart to leave no doubt regarding his presence as the franchise quarterback of the New York Giants. This is his chance to make a statement about the future.
A month for Dart to make good on all the promise he has shown as a rookie in an otherwise lost season, and to this point the Giants have embraced the possibility that the 22-year-old from Utah with enough swag and aura to stand out already in the Big Apple might have what it takes to be for this generation what Eli Manning represented for the organization’s most recent championship past.
The future of Eluemunor, who turns 31 on Saturday, is one of the biggest decisions of the offseason. He has been a good, but not great right tackle. Good tackles get paid, so the Giants need to determine if they’re willing to make the type of investment necessary to lock up a player looking for the first big payday of his nine-year career.
Mbow is the potential in-house replacement for Eluemunor, but it would be a risk to rely on the 2025 fifth-round pick as the unquestioned starting right tackle in his second season. Cutting Hudson for $5.5 million in cap savings is an obvious move after he became unplayable due to an on-field meltdown in Week 2.
No matter how much the Giants would like it to be the case, history says wins in December don’t carry over to the next season. But individual late-season performance can be a springboard for better days ahead. Pro Bowler Dexter Lawrence credits his 2022 breakthrough to a “click” at the end of 2021.
Kafka said OLB Abdul Carter, who...
