By Eddie Castro
Coming into the 2025-26 football season for the New York Giants, the one thing fans were expecting to see this year is progress. The G-Men had a win-loss record of 3-14 last season, which was last in the NFC East.
Giants General Manager Joe Schoen knows that a change in culture is needed for a franchise that has only made the playoffs twice in the past 10 Years with the most recent appearance being in the 2022-23 season.
Through three games, the Giants have had some pretty ugly results, and the play of quarterback Russell Wilson has been nothing short of inconsistent. Despite the inconsistent quarterback play of Wilson, there have been some spots where he has looked decent, however, decent is not in the cards for a franchise that is trying to remove themselves from being the laughingstock of New York football.
After the team’s 22-9 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night football which included another dreadful performance by Wilson, the question of the week was has the “Wilson experiment” in New York finally run it’s course? Fans are calling for rookie Jaxson Dart to take over the quarterback duties.
This Sunday, Giants fans will get their wish. According to many reports, Dart will make his first career NFL start on Sunday vs the Chargers. Dart was drafted 25th overall in the 2025 NFL draft out of Ole Miss.
The change in quarterback could very well mean the end for Wilson starting if Dart excels at the position. In a recent interaction with a reporter, Daboll was asked if he is thinking about making a quarterback change this week in which he responded by saying “We’re evaluating everything.”
48 hours later, a decision was made to start the 22-year-old rookie. Dart will obviously provide a much more lively arm and hopefully a spark to the offense than Wilson did. With the offensive line continuing to be in shambles, is it even smart to make the change now if Dart isn’t ready for the NFL pace? The only other available quarterback on the depth Chart is Jameis Winston.
This coming Sunday, the Giants welcome the 3-0 Los Angeles Chargers, who come into MetLife Stadium with the No.5 ranked defense in the NFL. I get it, the decision to go to Dart is something Giants fans clearly want right now; however, Wilson’s quarterback play is not the only weakness on this roster.
The offensive line despite the potential of getting better now with the return of Andrew Thomas has been abysmal. Wilson did not have the time to get rid of the ball, which has led to him getting pressured in the pocket.
This has led to those head-scratching throws that were on display the first three weeks. We shall see how Dart prevails in his first start at home. If you go back to a few weeks ago in an episode of Talk Sports with Eddie podcast, I predicted the team would make the quarterback change to Jaxson Dart by Week 5.
The Giants play the 0-3 New Orleans that week. Clearly the Giants organization felt the change in quarterback is necessary right now. Russell Wilson is clearly not the same player he was back in his Seattle days.
After Sunday night’s game, all signs pointed to Wilson getting at least one more game under center for the team. Coach Daboll and the Giants organization has decided to make the change now. We shall see how Dart prevails in his NFL debut. Stay tuned.
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