Big Blue View
New York Giants headlines for Wednesday
Good morning, New York Giants fans!
Most needs to show improvement: New York Giants. Owner John Mara has not given Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen a playoff mandate to save their jobs, but after two disastrous seasons, they have to start winning games. The Giants are confident that an improved roster and Russell Wilson will help them do that. But they face a brutal schedule -- the hardest strength of schedule in the NFL -- with an especially daunting first half, so even an improved team might not yield a vastly improved record. Then, the question will turn to rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart’s development and when the Giants might turn to him.
The Giants' bye is Week 14, which might be the time to make the change if the Giants can wait that long. That would give Dart four games to show that promise Giants ownership is likely going to need to see. Before then the Giants have a tough schedule without any obvious soft landing spot for Dart to enter the starting lineup. But if things are really bad in New York, the team might not have much choice but to turn to the rookie even if he isn't quite ready.
But make no mistake, Daboll’s long-term future in New York is probably tied directly to how much progress Dart shows, and how quickly he shows it. This is his chance to show that the work he did with Allen in Buffalo wasn’t a fluke or simply attributed to Allen’s own talent.
If he can, Daboll and Dart could be a dynamic duo who spend many happy years together in New York. If he can’t, if Daboll fails with him the way he did with Jones, the Giants will find themselves right back in quarterback hell.
14. and 15. With the front office and coaching staff facing a do-or-die season, first-round rookies Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter will have big impacts on the Giants, both this year and in the future. Dart likely won’t start to begin the season — that’ll be Russell Wilson — but it’d be a surprise for him not to see the field...
