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It’s a daunting scenario. But those who know Dart best expect him to rise to the occasion, just like he’s done so many times before.
“When you give him the reins, I think he’s going to take it and run with it,” said Graham Harrell, Dart’s offensive coordinator at USC. “When he steps foot on the field, he exudes confidence. He’s the type of dude who makes the people around him better. I think that’s why he’s had success everywhere he goes. He’s going to do the same thing in the NFL.”
It’s a jolt to the system. Players are determined to make it work for Jaxson Dart. “For the last however many months, we had a guy quarterbacking us, and you wake up and it’s a different guy. Human nature, that just takes a couple of minutes to process.”
A reporter misspoke when asking Younghoe Koo about his chances of earning a spot on the Giants’ game day roster Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Chargers and beyond.
Koo is competing with Jude McAtamney to be the next kicker of the Giants and not Jaxson Dart, the rookie quarterback who will get his first start in the game, even though the latter position was the one mentioned.
Q: Starting a first-round quarterback is a big moment for any organization. He will be just the fourth QB taken in Round 1 to start as a rookie for the Giants in the Common Draft era. How do you manage expectations?
Daboll: “I think that he just has to do his job. He doesn’t have to do anything more than that. And everyone around him – players, coaches – have to do their job. He doesn’t have to come in and do anything extraordinary. You have to be able to manage from drive to drive, go through ups and downs during the game, and again, it just falls back on doing his job.”...
