New York Giants disregarding NFL protocol, hoping to silence Jaxson Dart discourse as Russell Wilson gets starting nod Week 2
Giants PR makes things awkard, Russell Wilson to start, but how long will that last?
The New York Giants didn’t even make it to Week 2 without a quarterback controversy. Russell Wilson played horrifically in the season opening 21-6 loss to the Washington Commanders, immediately leading to calls from fans for former Ole Miss Rebels star QB and 2025 NFL Draft Giants first round pick Jaxson Dart.
The social media buzz and frenzied reaction to Russell Wilson’s horrid performance would have been left just at that had Giants public relations not acted so strangely after the game, but that only escalated the QB controversy.
Why are the New York Giants hiding Jaxson Dart from the media?
Following Russell Wilson’s terrible performance where he averaged just 4.54 yards per pass attempt, took multiple sacks, and converted just four third downs on 16 attempts Giants PR refused to let Jaxson Dart (or Jameis Winston) talk to the media.
This move apparently violates the NFL’s media rules by shutting down the potential interviews with both backup quarterbacks before they could even begin.
Initially, Brian Daboll wouldn’t commit to Russell Wilson as the starter for Week 2, so there was already speculation stirring about the possibility of Jaxson Dart taking over.
However, blocking Dart from interview certainly just made it seem like the Giants were trying to silence the discourse entirely, preemptively protecting Russell Wilson (and perhaps Brian Daboll) from any more doubts than were already building.
Still, the (red hot) burning question remained coming off of Week 1. What in the world are the New York Giants doing at quarterback?
What are the New York Giants doing at quarterback?
Russell Wilson had already posted three straight seasons of play suggesting that his best days of quarterbacking were long gone prior to the New York Giants signing him this off-season. His key rate stats plummeted once he left Seattle in 2022, 2023, and 2024. His win-loss record as a starter in that span was an abysmal 17-24. In response to that decline, the Giants didn’t hand him much guaranteed money with his contract when they brought him in–suggesting they may have been apprehensive from the start this year.
Still, despite Wilson verifying once again that he is now indeed a bad NFL quarterback on Sunday, Brian Daboll announced on Monday that the former Super Bowl champion would get the starting nod again in Week 2 against the Cowboys.
To be fair, it would feel a bit premature to bench their starting quarterback after one week, but Russell Wilson needs to take a few huge steps forward if he wants to avoid further QB controversy. Fans and media aren’t as plugged in to how ready Jaxson Dart is behind Wilson to take over as the starter. It might be that he is just simply not ready yet.
However, Jaxson Dart was a first round pick for a reason. He and Cam Ward (first round pick to the Tennessee Titans) had the two best QB efficiency profiles by far in the 2025 NFL Draft class, and by a wide margin. Dart started over 40 games in college (including 39 start at Ole Miss). He has plenty of experience under his belt already and high level productive marks against top competition in the SEC. Plus, he looked fully in command, locked in during his limited preseason action for the Giants.
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Fans shouldn’t be surprised if head coach Brian Daboll hands over the reins here soon if Wilson continues to struggle to the extent he did against the Commanders. There’s no incentive to stay with an aging veteran if he can’t produce in a season where the team just selected their quarterback of the future.
Plus, as we talked about earlier this summer, 85% of first round quarterbacks in recent years play in at least one game as rookies. Even more notable, since the year 2000, first round quarterbacks who see any action at all in their first year average 10 starts as rookies.
Jaxson Dart’s time is coming soon. How soon? We’ll see, but the former Ole Miss star should get his shot sooner than later if current trends continue.
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