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New York Giants headlines for Tuesday
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1. New York Giants Abdul Carter. Carter checks all the boxes when it comes to the makings of a modern DROY. The first defensive player drafted has won DROY in three of the past six drafts and the award has been dominated by edge rushers of late. Some considered Carter the best player available in the 2025 draft, and for good reason: He’s a force to be reckoned with off the edge, displaying the burst and relentlessness to be a perennial double-digit sack artist. The Giants have a chance to be ferocious when it comes to getting after quarterbacks, and that should only boost the DROY fervor for Carter. He’ll be playing alongside one of the league’s top interior defensive linemen, three-time Pro Bowler Dexter Lawrence, and offenses will also have to account for his talented fellow edge rushers, Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux. I’ll be surprised if there isn’t more than enough production to go around. Carter is the decisive DROY front-runner entering the 2025 season.
New York Giants: Jaxson Dart. As exciting as Abdul Carter and his injection along a defensive line that already consists of Brian Burns and Dexter Lawrence is, what gives New York Giants fans hope is Jaxson Dart. The front office had enough faith in the Ole Miss product to trade back up into the first round of the draft to select him, and he is now the long-term answer at the position. Of course, it's a question as to when we'll actually see Dart with Russell Wilson likely the Week 1 starter, but he provides hope for a brighter tomorrow and heads to New York with a ton of raw skill.
Members of the Giants’ staff had fawned over Shedeur Sanders. Giants brass had spent a lot more time with Sanders during the fall. Then, Daboll’s increased participation after the NFL season steered the process in a different direction.
Regardless, the point here is that Schoen’s lukewarm rhetoric and reluctance to stick his neck out about Dart caught the attention of some people around the league. And it has put the rookie in a strange position: trying to validate support that almost sounds conditional.
If Dart turns out to be a good...
