{"id":301674,"date":"2025-08-19T22:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/301674\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:17:12","slug":"giants-make-jameis-winston-stance-clear-amid-jaxson-dart-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/301674\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants make Jameis Winston stance clear amid Jaxson Dart push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn\u2019t sound like Jameis Winston is going anywhere. The Giants still have plenty of use for him.<\/p>\n<p>With how good rookie Jaxson Dart has looked through two preseason games and in training camp, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/17\/sports\/the-critical-jaxson-dart-questions-hanging-over-brian-dabolls-giants-plan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">there is a case to be made<\/a> he should be elevated ahead of Winston on the depth chart as Russell Wilson\u2019s backup at quarterback. <\/p>\n<p>If that happens, it could make sense for the Giants, despite having just signed him to a two-year, $8 million deal this offseason, to try and trade him and cash in from a quarterback-needy team.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36876300\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/19-looks-pass-third-quarter-109717870.jpg\" alt=\"Giants quarterback throwing a football.\" class=\"wp-image-36876300\"  \/>Giants quarterback Jameis Winston (19) looks to pass against the Jets during a preseason game. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate people that are interested, but Jameis is a New York Giant,\u201d assistant general manager Brandon Brown said after practice Tuesday. \u201cWith the way that he\u2019s gone about his business from Day 1, he\u2019s made it very intentional with the fact that he wants to be here and he wants to be here for the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even if he is behind Wilson and potentially Dart in the pecking order, the Giants <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/03\/sports\/giants-athletic-quarterbacks-could-give-them-a-physical-leg-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">see value in having Winston<\/a> in the locker room. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36876344\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/giants-quarterback-jaxson-dart-6-109701764.jpg\" alt=\"Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart warming up.\" class=\"wp-image-36876344\"  \/>Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) warms up before a preseason game against the Jets. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>And Wilson is set to be a free agent again after this season \u2014 if things go to plan and Dart is ready to take over as the starter next year, the Giants would have a reliable backup for him in Winston on a cheap contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeammates love him, his preparation process, whether it\u2019s the off-field things that he does in terms of community relations, Bible study, things in the locker room, galvanizing the group together, not just the quarterback room, but the offense as a whole,\u201d Brown said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/16\/sports\/jameis-winston-every-bit-the-wild-card-giants-expected\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">been comic relief<\/a>, but he\u2019s also been a really good example of how to be a pro in handling your business in terms of prehab, rehab, postgame care. So, I\u2019m happy he\u2019s here, and he\u2019s going to continue to do those things. He hasn\u2019t wavered and he hasn\u2019t been shaken by any distractions at all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It doesn\u2019t sound like Jameis Winston is going anywhere. The Giants still have plenty of use for him.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1801,13,1917,56,2321,2469,6,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-301674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-jameis-winston","11":"tag-jaxson-dart","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkgiants","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115057750547814463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}