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The Giants QB choice for now.
The New York Giants don’t have any quarterback controversy this summer. Russell Wilson is the clear-cut starting quarterback at they begin training camp, coach Brian Daboll said Wednesday.
“These guys will be out here competing, but Russ is our starter,” Daboll said of the veteran quarterback.
The Giants signed Wilson and fellow quarterback Jameis Winston in free agency and selected Jaxson Dart in the first round of this year’s draft. They also have Tommy DeVito on the roster.
Dart’s development will be a focus throughout the season after the Giants traded back into the first round to take him with the 25th overall pick. When he takes the field in a regular-season game will depend on his progress and Wilson’s performance.
In an ideal world for the Giants, Dart might not see the field much — or at all.
“I think there’s some real benefits from sitting and learning specifically from some of the guys in the room that have the experience that they have,” general manager Joe Schoen said. “But if the coaching staff at some point feels it’s right and he’s ready, then I’ll leave that up to them.”
The former Eagles exec returns to Philly after short stint with the Jets.
Joe Douglas, fired as Jets general manager in November, is returning to the Eagles as senior personnel director / adviser to the general manager, the team announced Monday amid a flurry of scouting department changes.
Douglas, who turned 49 on Sunday, spent 2016 through 2019 as the Eagles’ vice president of player personnel and developed a close relationship with GM Howie Roseman. He was hired by the Jets as general manager in 2019 and fired this past November after the Jets lost eight of their first 11 games while extending their streak of seasons without reaching the postseason to 14.
His return to the Eagles is hardly a surprise. He and Roseman have remained close, and he was even seen prior to at least one Eagles game at the Linc last year on the field with Roseman after his dismissal from the Jets.
Douglas becomes the third member of the Eagles’ scouting department with the same title. Former Jaguars GM Dave Caldwell and former Broncos vice president of player personnel Matt Russell also hold the senior personnel director / adviser to the general manager titles.
Douglas spent 2000 through 2014 working under Hall of Famer Ozzie Newsome with the Ravens. He joined the Eagles after spending one year as director of college scouting with the Bears.
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