Giants working with Jaxson Dart to change running style after concussion

For weeks, outside concerns about the sustainability of Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart’s aggressive play style had been brewing.Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.

But apparently now, with Dart sidelined for Sunday’s game against the Packers with a concussion, the team is taking extra steps to help educate and encourage Dart to find the balance of playing aggressive but smart. Giants quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney showed Dart videos of multiple quarterbacks to show the difference between being aggressive and being reckless, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The news comes two days after Tierney was peppered with questions from reporters Friday about talking with Dart about his sometimes incautious running in pursuit of extra yardage. “You always take examples from around the league, guys that are doing things that are good examples of, hey, getting down, or hey, this is a time where you can have a clear lane or something like that,” Tierney said.“Sure, you always look at that.

You try to show him some guys who may have done it a little longer.” Dart has been assessed for three other concussions, including one in the preseason, before he suffered a head injury in the third quarter of last week’s 24-20 loss in Chicago. Dart, 22, remains in concussion protocol as of Sunday.It’s unclear whether he’ll receive the green light to play next week against the Lions. Several people around the game have urged Dart to be more cautious with his running, including former Giants star Brandon Jacobs. Jacobs urged Dart to slide when he has the ball rather than absorb the contact. “You gotta get down, man.

You gotta learn how to slide, you gotta learn how to get out of bounds when it’s necessary.This is not a tough-guy sport for you to be running, running into people, trying to truck people,” Jacobs told TMZ.

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