CALIFORNIA — Jaxson Dart’s knee injury is more severe than initially anticipated, and the New York Giants quarterback could miss the rest of the season, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo.
Dart suffered the injury during the opening possession of Monday’s 28-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Coach John Harbaugh said after the game that the Giants likely avoided a “devastating outcome” with Dart’s knee.
But sources told Rapoport and Garafolo that the second-year star will miss an extended period of time and is facing the possibility of season-ending surgery.
Harbaugh said Monday that evaluations on Dart’s knee were still ongoing and declined to comment further on his timeline to return.
The Giants lost Dart on their seventh snap of the game, when he was hit on his right side by Rams linebacker Byron Young. That hit sent Dart into linebacker Josaiah Stewart, who undercut the quarterback’s legs, resulting in a hard fall.
Dart immediately grabbed at his left knee and went to the blue medical tent. He walked with a limp to the locker room and initially was listed as questionable to return to the game before officially being ruled out early in the third quarter.
With Dart sidelined, the Giants turned to veteran Jameis Winston, went completed 11 of 27 passes for 111 yards and an interception.
Beyond Winston, the Giants have quarterback Jake Haener on their practice squad. But with Dart expected to miss an extended period, Harbaugh and the Giants will lean on Winston, who signed a two-year, $13 million contract extension earlier this month.
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