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New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll doesn’t have his current job without the ascension of Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. The allure of a franchise quarterback and the idea that Daboll can mold a toolsy passer into one earned him the reputation of a quarterback guru.
Held back by Daniel Jones’ limited physical tools and injuries, Daboll hasn’t had a true protégé, and it almost cost him his job.
Subsequently, the Giants traded up for Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart in Round 1. Simply put, Daboll’s job hinges on Dart’s development, as does the next era of New York football.
With veteran quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston in the building, there’s ample experience to guide Dart, who’s largely viewed as a developmental project. After the NFL Draft, general manager Joe Schoen joined Daboll in hinting at the Giants’ Josh Allen-like plan for Dart.
“We'll have a plan for that and we're working through that,” Schoen said. “We kind of did that a little bit at Buffalo with Josh in terms of the initial plan of how we wanted to approach it and the reps that we needed to take and the things we wanted to see him do.
“Jaxson will get a fair amount of reps with the threes and maybe you'll see him in there, sprinkle him in when he doesn't even know he's supposed to go in there just to see how he reacts being in a different atmosphere. He won't know when or why. And then continue to work with the two older guys.”
Quarterbacks can be raw for different reasons, but Dart is facing a particularly difficult climb given his experience in Lane Kiffin’s offense, which is drastically different from the pro-style offenses of the NFL. Dart had the second-highest rate of play-action passes in 2024, at an absurd 57 percent (Ben Solak).
It will be a long transition for Dart, but unlike Allen, there’s no pressure to play in Year 1. Allen started 12 games as a rookie and resorted to figuring out answers on the fly with his rocket arm and high-level athleticism.
Dart won’t have that luxury; his tools are rather average for current starting quarterbacks. However, he will have a redshirt season, should New York grant it. With those veterans in the room, the Giants will likely sit Dart for most of (if not all) of the season.
“We'll add Jax to the mix and we'll have a plan to work with him each and every day,” Schoen said.
Daboll remained more vague but expressed confidence that New York will give him the runway to develop.
“Yeah, we'll talk about that when the time comes,” Daboll said. “We'll focus on Phase I and Phase II and Phase III and then training camp. There's some time for that, but we'll have a plan. We'll have a plan for not just him, for all the young guys coming in. But that will be an important plan for Jax. I look forward to executing that plan with him.”
There are reasons to be hesitant about Dart’s projection. The schematic transition is intense, his tools aren’t necessarily good enough to bail him out, and his mechanics can be inconsistent.
It’s on Daboll to make good on the quarterback-based hope he brought with him from Buffalo. At the very least, the New York faithful can trust that the regime has a real plan for its first-round rookie quarterback, which fans will get a closer look at this summer.
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Held back by Daniel Jones’ limited physical tools and injuries, Daboll hasn’t had a true protégé, and it almost cost him his job.
Subsequently, the Giants traded up for Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart in Round 1. Simply put, Daboll’s job hinges on Dart’s development, as does the next era of New York football.
With veteran quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston in the building, there’s ample experience to guide Dart, who’s largely viewed as a developmental project. After the NFL Draft, general manager Joe Schoen joined Daboll in hinting at the Giants’ Josh Allen-like plan for Dart.
“We'll have a plan for that and we're working through that,” Schoen said. “We kind of did that a little bit at Buffalo with Josh in terms of the initial plan of how we wanted to approach it and the reps that we needed to take and the things we wanted to see him do.
“Jaxson will get a fair amount of reps with the threes and maybe you'll see him in there, sprinkle him in when he doesn't even know he's supposed to go in there just to see how he reacts being in a different atmosphere. He won't know when or why. And then continue to work with the two older guys.”
Quarterbacks can be raw for different reasons, but Dart is facing a particularly difficult climb given his experience in Lane Kiffin’s offense, which is drastically different from the pro-style offenses of the NFL. Dart had the second-highest rate of play-action passes in 2024, at an absurd 57 percent (Ben Solak).
It will be a long transition for Dart, but unlike Allen, there’s no pressure to play in Year 1. Allen started 12 games as a rookie and resorted to figuring out answers on the fly with his rocket arm and high-level athleticism.
Dart won’t have that luxury; his tools are rather average for current starting quarterbacks. However, he will have a redshirt season, should New York grant it. With those veterans in the room, the Giants will likely sit Dart for most of (if not all) of the season.
“We'll add Jax to the mix and we'll have a plan to work with him each and every day,” Schoen said.
Daboll remained more vague but expressed confidence that New York will give him the runway to develop.
“Yeah, we'll talk about that when the time comes,” Daboll said. “We'll focus on Phase I and Phase II and Phase III and then training camp. There's some time for that, but we'll have a plan. We'll have a plan for not just him, for all the young guys coming in. But that will be an important plan for Jax. I look forward to executing that plan with him.”
There are reasons to be hesitant about Dart’s projection. The schematic transition is intense, his tools aren’t necessarily good enough to bail him out, and his mechanics can be inconsistent.
It’s on Daboll to make good on the quarterback-based hope he brought with him from Buffalo. At the very least, the New York faithful can trust that the regime has a real plan for its first-round rookie quarterback, which fans will get a closer look at this summer.
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