{"id":41424,"date":"2025-11-16T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41424\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T17:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:59:09","slug":"giants-working-with-jaxson-dart-to-change-his-running-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/41424\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants working with Jaxson Dart to change his running style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For weeks, outside concerns about the sustainability of Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart\u2019s aggressive play style had been brewing.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently now, with Dart <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/13\/sports\/giants-not-speculating-about-jaxson-darts-concussion-severity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sidelined for Sunday\u2019s game against the Packers<\/a> with a concussion, the team is taking extra steps to help educate and encourage Dart to find the balance of playing aggressive but smart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giants quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney showed Dart videos of multiple quarterbacks to show the difference between being aggressive and being reckless, according to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news comes two days after Tierney was peppered with questions from reporters Friday about talking with Dart about his sometimes incautious running in pursuit of extra yardage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37682010\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/new-york-giants-quarterback-jaxson-115126646.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) rushes the ball against the Chicago Bears.\" class=\"wp-image-37682010\"  \/>Jaxson Dart runs with the ball during the Giants\u2019 Nov. 9 loss to the Bears. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always take examples from around the league, guys that are doing things that are good examples of, hey, getting down, or hey, this is a time where you can have a clear lane or something like that,\u201d Tierney said. \u201cSure, you always look at that. You try to show him some guys who may have done it a little longer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dart has been assessed for three other concussions, including one in the preseason, before he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/09\/sports\/giants-jaxson-dart-leaves-in-fourth-quarter-for-concussion-evaluation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a head injury in the third quarter<\/a> of last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/09\/sports\/giants-fall-apart-after-jaxson-dart-concussion-in-loss-to-bears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">24-20 loss in Chicago<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dart, 22, remains in concussion protocol as of Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether he\u2019ll receive the green light to play next week against the Lions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several people around the game have urged Dart to be more cautious with his running, including former Giants star Brandon Jacobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs urged Dart to slide when he has the ball rather than absorb the contact.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gotta get down, man. You gotta learn how to slide, you gotta learn how to get out of bounds when it\u2019s necessary. This is not a tough-guy sport for you to be running, running into people, trying to truck people,\u201d Jacobs told TMZ. \u201cJust taking that type of beating all game long is never gonna be in his favor. Never gonna be in our team\u2019s favor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the Giants had to work with a young quarterback and teach them how to play aggressive yet act in self preservation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37682014\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jaxson-dart-6-new-york-115122982_e2fcd8.jpg\" alt=\"Jaxson Dart of the New York Giants walks off the field after an injury during the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears.\" class=\"wp-image-37682014\"  \/>Jaxson Dart walks off the field during the Giants\u2019 loss to the Bears on Nov. 9. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Giants also worked with now Colts starter Daniel Jones, ESPN reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dart has been one of the only bright spots of an otherwise depressing Giants\u2019 season. <\/p>\n<p>The 2025 first-round pick has completed 62.7 percent of his passes for 1,417 yards with 10 touchdowns and three interceptions in his nine games (seven starts). <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo behind the scenes with Big Blue\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also recorded 317 yards on the ground with seven scores.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dart\u2019s future is bright, but the Giants are hoping he\u2019ll have a long one. <\/p>\n<p>Prioritizing his health is vital to help ensure that may be the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For weeks, outside concerns about the sustainability of Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart\u2019s aggressive play style had been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3917,9,2683,11,10,22,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-41424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-jaxson-dart","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-giants","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}