{"id":278313,"date":"2025-11-12T13:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/278313\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:03:10","slug":"giants-jameis-winston-in-line-to-start-sunday-vs-packers-if-jaxson-dart-concussion-sits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/278313\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants&#8217; Jameis Winston in line to start Sunday vs. Packers if Jaxson Dart (concussion) sits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilson, the season-opening starter who was <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/giants-rookie-jaxson-dart-to-start-at-qb-over-russell-wilson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">benched<\/a> for Dart after three games, is demoted to third-string duty upon Kafka&#8217;s takeover.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran QB <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/giants-qb-jaxson-dart-ruled-out-after-suffering-concussion-sunday-vs-bears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">came in for Dart<\/a> in Sunday&#8217;s loss against the Bears, playing the entirety of the fourth quarter. Wilson helped the Giants increase their lead to 10 points by orchestrating a field goal drive once entering the game, but New York wouldn&#8217;t come close to points on his next three possessions.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson completed 3 of 7 passes for 45 yards during his time in relief as the Giants blew a double-digit lead to Chicago, bringing their 2025 ledger to 2-8.<\/p>\n<p>If he sits, Sunday would mark Dart&#8217;s first absence since he took over QB1 duties in Week 4. The first-round pick has jolted the Giants&#8217; offense generating 1,417 passing yards (93.5 passer rating) and 17 total touchdowns (10 passing, seven rushing) in seven starts.<\/p>\n<p>Winston, who had been No. 3 on the depth chart all season, would make his Giants and season debut on Sunday if Dart cannot play. The 31-year-old started seven and appeared in 12 total games for the Browns last season, amassing 2,121 passing yards with a 13-12 touchdown-interception ratio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wilson, the season-opening starter who was benched for Dart after three games, is demoted to third-string duty upon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[10949,879,49,48,1763,1728,44,514,2208,64354,1764,82],"class_list":["post-278313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-new-york-giants","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-regular-season","tag-russell-wilson","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}