Jaxson Dart Named Giants Starting Quarterback

It was going to happen sooner rather than later, and with Big Blue sitting at 0-3, Brian Daboll had to do something to rejuvenate his football team.

The Giants announced they benched Russell Wilson, who has struggled to manage the offense all season in favor of rookie Jaxson Dart.

Jaxson Dart in preseason at Buffalo. Getty Images

The Giants had to do this. Wilson didn't look good at all. His interceptions were all killers, especially the game-changing pick he tossed in overtime in Dallas two weeks ago. He just isn't the same guy who led Seattle to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances in 2012 and 2013.

Wilson knew his time in New York was going to be short.

Call it the last gasp of Daboll's career in New York. The Giants head coach was high on Dart when the Giants scouted him, and Big Blue took the gamble to select him over Sheduer Sanders in last April's Draft. In training camp and preseason, Dart looked the part. He threw three touchdowns to zero interceptions in three games, and had good command of the offense.

However going up against second and third teammers in the middle of summer is very different than the live bullets he will see starting on Sunday against the unbeaten L.A. Chargers.

To expect Dart to light up the scoreboard right away is asking too much of him. Expect the Giants to curtail some of the big plays he made over the summer, focus more on the ground game with Cam Skattebo to set things up.

If Dart is the real deal, his talent will emerge, and it will become pretty obvious that the Giants got it right by taking him late in the first round.

It should be a fascinating watch on Sunday.

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