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Jordan RaananDec 2, 2025, 01:48 AM 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 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New York Giants<\/a> quarterback Jaxson Dart<\/a> took a bone-crushing hit near the sideline in the first quarter of Monday night’s 33-15 loss<\/a> to the New England Patriots<\/a>. Even though he probably could have stepped out of bounds earlier and gained a few less yards, he said he wouldn’t change a thing.<\/p>\n It doesn’t matter that Dart sat out the previous two games because of a concussion and was checked for a concussion in four of the previous eight games.<\/p>\n “No, look, I understand the question, but this is football,” Dart said. “I’m going to get hit if I’m in the pocket or outside the pocket. I feel like I played this way my whole entire life. It shouldn’t be any shocker to anybody if you followed along with my career.<\/p>\n “We’re not playing soccer out here. You’re going to get hit. Things happen. It’s just part of the game.”<\/p>\n Dart said he was scrambling out of the pocket on the second-and-13 play and was trying to get the first down before Christian Elliss<\/a> sent him flying through the air. Dart landed on the Giants’ sideline.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n The hit was deemed legal. Dart was still inbounds at the time of the hit. “Guy made a good hit,” he said.<\/p>\n Interim coach Mike Kafka didn’t have any problem with the play from his quarterback. Even if it led to a big hit.<\/p>\n “Obviously, don’t want him to take any hits that are unnecessary, but he was working his way out of bounds,” Kafka said.<\/p>\n Tight end Theo Johnson<\/a> immediately came in to defend his quarterback. He picked up a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness on the play.<\/p>\n Dart’s offensive line also came to protect him.<\/p>\n