{"id":308593,"date":"2025-08-22T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/308593\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:45:11","slug":"avoid-that-kind-of-hit-rookie-quarterback-jaxson-dart-earns-brian-daboll-praise-after-strong-giants-preseason-game-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/308593\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAvoid that kind of hit\u201d: Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart earns Brian Daboll praise after strong Giants preseason game | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/123455190.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cAvoid that kind of hit\u201d: Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart earns Brian Daboll praise after strong Giants preseason game\" title=\"\u201cAvoid that kind of hit\u201d: Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart earns Brian Daboll praise after strong Giants preseason game (Image Via Google)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\u201cAvoid that kind of hit\u201d: Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart earns Brian Daboll praise after strong Giants preseason game (Image Via Google) Jaxson Dart, the New York Giants\u2019 first-round rookie quarterback, impressed again on Thursday night, August 21, 2025, in a preseason matchup. The game was played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and head coach Brian Daboll was full of praise afterward. Dart completed 6 of 12 passes for 81 yards, threw a touchdown, and showed his ability to run with the ball. Despite taking a hard hit on a 23-yard scramble, Daboll said he was glad the team drafted Dart.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Daboll says Jaxson Dart is \u201cour guy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after the game, Brian Daboll made it clear how much faith he has in Jaxson Dart.\u201cBeing a rookie quarterback is not easy \u2014 being a quarterback is not easy,\u201d Daboll said. \u201cHe knows he has a lot of things to work on, but he\u2019s made progress every day. I\u2019m glad we drafted him, I\u2019m glad he\u2019s our guy.\u201dDaboll also talked about Dart\u2019s long run in the second quarter, which ended with a big hit. The coach admired Dart\u2019s competitiveness but noted it would have been safer to slide.\u201cEvery situation is different, but in a preseason game, you want to avoid that kind of hit,\u201d Daboll added.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nfl\/news\/they-want-to-be-married-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-plan-marriage-and-kids-as-romance-grows-stronger\/articleshow\/123412148.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThey Want To Be Married\u201d: Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Plan Marriage And Kids As Romance Grows Stronger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jaxson Dart leads Giants into the future<\/p>\n<p>Brian Daboll confirmed that Jaxson Dart only had the wind knocked out of him and could have returned to the field. Still, the staff kept him out, giving Jameis Winston and Tommy DeVito more playing time. Both quarterbacks looked sharp, but the buzz remains around Dart, who has shown promise throughout August.For now, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/russell-wilson\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Wilson<\/a> will start Week One of the NFL season. Still, Daboll thinks Jaxson Dart gives the Giants genuine future hope.Already motivating supporters and players both, his advancement in preseason and training camp makes him among the most interesting rookie to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAvoid that kind of hit\u201d: Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart earns Brian Daboll praise after strong Giants preseason game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[200,7,519,13,17589,1917,56,2321,2469,6,4656,58100,5592,572],"class_list":{"0":"post-308593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-brian-daboll","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-jaxson-dart","12":"tag-metlife-stadium","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-giants","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkgiants","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-preseason","19":"tag-quarterback-development","20":"tag-rookie-quarterback","21":"tag-russell-wilson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115072488786719738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308593","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=308593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}