Jaxson Dart continues to pass Giants tests as he awaits more

It does not take long to sense that Jaxson Dart is comfortable with himself, around his teammates — even those he just met — in interview settings with the media, as the centerpiece of an offense and as the face of a program.He is the quarterback and acts like it.What cannot be known just yet, from the outside, looking in, is how much Dart knows about what he is doing when he is on the field.

How quick of a study he is.How his command of everything around him compares with other young players thrust into a new situation.

How he is able to take what he has learned and share it with the guys in his huddle.First impressions are not always accurate but sometimes they are.The Giants traded back up into the first round of the NFL draft to select Dart, a three-year starter at Ole Miss, with the 25th overall pick.

On Friday, as rookie minicamp kicked off, Dart already was on his way to bringing followers to his cause.“I mean he’s incredibly smart,” rookie running back Cam Skattebo said after a one-hour practice that was moved indoors to escape the rain.“I’ve talked to him the last 24 hours and the kid is incredibly smart.

He’s one of the smartest I’ve been around, and he did a great job with the seven-on-seven play calls, snap counts and all of that, and making sure everybody was in line.I can’t wait to see what he does and what he’s capable of.’’This is a good sign but not an essential immediate ingredient in what the Giants have cooking up for Dart.

There is no urgency to get him ready to roll, as he arrives as the No.3 quarterback, behind starter Russell Wilson and backup Jameis Winston, two veterans signed as free agents.

Dart is the presumed starter of the future.Will that be sometime during the 2025 season? Will his ascension wait until 2026? There are so many factors at work with all this.Dart, 21, sounds interested in learning as much as he can as quickly as he can.“Yeah, as a quarterback you’re the one, you run the ship when you...