The New York Giants are ‘evaluating everything’ after their third straight loss to open the 2025 season. That includes a potential change at quarterback.
Veteran signal-caller Russell Wilson struggled mightily in the Giants’ Week 3 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on ‘Sunday Night Football.’ He finished the game 18 of 32 on pass attempts for 160 yards, zero touchdowns and two interceptions.
It was a far cry from the 450 yards he threw for against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 2, nearly setting a new career high in the process, along with three touchdown passes.
After Wilson’s second interception, fans at MetLife stadium started chanting, ‘We want Dart,’ referring to rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart, whom the Giants drafted in the first round earlier this year.
In a Monday press conference, head coach Brian Daboll was noncommittal about naming a Week 4 starter behind center.
‘We just watched the tape here, we’re in the meetings with the players right now,’ Daboll said. ‘Like I said yesterday, in order to improve the passing game – and I’d say that was the No. 1 thing we needed to improve from yesterday as a collective – everybody’s got to be doing exactly the right stuff.
‘It’s not all on one guy. There’s multiple reasons why certain plays didn’t come out the way we wanted them to come out.’
When pressed about whether that means a quarterback change is on the table, Daboll just said, ‘We’re evaluating everything.’
The aforementioned Dart appeared in his second straight game on Sunday night but is yet to attempt a pass in the regular season after three strong preseason outings. The package of plays the Giants were reported to have put together for Dart has only included run plays so far, including a couple of read-options.
With Wilson struggling in two out of the Giants’ first three games, the calls for Dart to play will only get louder. So far, New York has done its best to avoid playing its rookie gunslinger to give him extra time to develop and practice against NFL-level defenses.
If the Giants do decide to make a starting quarterback change in Week 4, Dart may not be the next man up. Though he is listed as QB2 behind Wilson, the Giants also have veteran quarterback Jameis Winston on their roster. Through three weeks, he has exclusively served as their emergency third quarterback while Dart has been listed as Wilson’s direct backup.
The G-Men are set to welcome the Los Angeles Chargers to MetLife Stadium next Sunday. In the last two years, the Chargers have featured one of the NFL’s best defenses under defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. Throwing a rookie quarterback into that fire would seemingly go against the cautious philosophy New York has had for Dart so far.
Should the Giants decide to make a change in Week 4, they could turn to Winston instead of Dart if they prefer to continue developing the rookie behind the scenes.
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