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Jordan RaananSep 12, 2025, 04:13 PM ET<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016.<\/p>\n EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rookie Jaxson Dart<\/a> isn’t listening to the public calls for him to become the New York Giants<\/a>‘ starting quarterback. He’s aware his role at the moment is to be Russell Wilson<\/a>‘s backup.<\/p>\n “My job is just to be the best teammate to Russ,” Dart said Friday, days before his second career game and perhaps first appearance.<\/p>\n Dart, who didn’t play in the opener despite serving as the No. 2 quarterback, is working primarily as the team’s scout team QB at practice. This week, he pretended to be Dallas Cowboys<\/a> quarterback Dak Prescott<\/a>. Last week, it was Washington<\/a>‘s Jayden Daniels<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n New York (0-1) plays the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on Sunday with standout left tackle Andrew Thomas<\/a> listed as doubtful with a foot injury.<\/p>\n The conversation surrounding the Giants this week has centered on whether Dart should start over Wilson. That was flamed by coach Brian Daboll being noncommittal immediately following a 21-6 season-opening loss<\/a> to the Commanders.<\/p>\n Dart isn’t listening to the calls for him to start.<\/p>\n “I don’t pay attention to that stuff,” the rookie said. “I think it’s just of the nature of the sport. Any time that you don’t win, people talk and things like that happen. It’s completely different if you win. You have to take all that with a grain of salt, and my job is to control what I can control and be the best teammate I can be. Do my job in practice in preparing our guys.”<\/p>\n The Giants traded back into the first round to select get the 25th overall pick to use on Dart, who is spending a lot of time outside of practice preparing himself for the possibility of playing. He’s going over walk-throughs relentlessly before and after they take place. He’s bringing guys after practice (along with third-string quarterback Jameis Winston<\/a>) to replicate the plays the starters ran earlier.<\/p>\n Anything really to ready him to play in a real game. Dart is one snap every Sunday from making his NFL debut.<\/p>\n But during the week he’s getting very few reps with the starting offense. It’s why it was perhaps surprising that Dart passed Winston on the depth chart so quickly.<\/p>\n “We mix him in once in a while on the first unit,” Daboll said earlier in the week, before adding that Dart received just one or two first-team reps last week before serving as the backup.<\/p>\n But Dart insists he’s making the most of the work he gets. It’s not just with the starters.<\/p>\n As the scout team quarterback, Dart worked on his running when mimicking Daniels. He admitted to doing the Prescott “Here We Go” cadence this week. Any, all or none of it could ultimately be useful.<\/p>\n