Starting Jaxson Dart in Week 4 against an undefeated Chargers team, a week before the Giants travel to winless New Orleans, is a desperation move that benefits almost nobody. Jameis Winston should be starting this game for Big Blue.
Instead, Brian Daboll is kowtowing to the boo birds of New York/New Jersey and the desires of an ownership group that hasn’t gotten anything right for the better part of a decade.
I want to see Dart succeed as much as anyone, but his career is going to get off to a rough start. Let’s stop doubting the Chargers, too.
Traditionally, a cross-country flight for a west coast squad, with a 1 p.m. ET start, is ripe for a letdown. In this particular case, Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is playing at an MVP-caliber level early in the season, while the Giants really are that bad.
Aside from the overtime loss to the rival Cowboys, New York has been pretty much controlled by its two other opponents. The Chargers are the best all-around squad on Big Blue’s schedule through four weeks.
Meanwhile, there’s no reason to believe in the Giants offense yet, even with Dart set to take over for Russell Wilson.
Chargers: Davenport, Gagnon, Hanford, Knox, Moton, O’Donnell, Sobleski