Giants-Commanders matchup is an appetizer of whats to come
The Giants will have to wait for the first Jaxson Dart-Jayden Daniels matchup.This means the quarterback the Giants really wanted and could not get in 2024 and the quarterback they really wanted in 2025 and made sure they procured will have to wait before meeting on the field with their NFL teams.Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.
Dart will be out there Sunday to face the Commanders at MetLife Stadium but Daniels has been ruled out of that game after he aggravated a left elbow injury that cost him three games earlier this season.So, it will be Dart vs.backup Marcus Mariota, which does not have the same appeal.
On the subject of appeal, this game features the Giants at 2-11 and the Commanders at 3-10, with both sides riding long losing streaks — seven consecutive games for the Giants, eight for the Commanders.For Dart vs.Daniels, tune in in 2026.“He’s a great dude, a great player and it’s gonna be fun to compete against him again,’’ Dart said Wednesday after practice.
“We’re going to be playing against each other a lot the next coming years so, just fun to have that competition.’’Dart and Daniels squared off three times in college.Daniels and Arizona State beat Dart and USC 31-16 in 2021.
Daniels and LSU beat Dart and Ole Miss 40-25 during the 2022 season and the two put on a clinic in 2023, with Dart and Ole Miss winning 55-49.Dart and Daniels both threw four touchdown passes and no interceptions and both ran for a touchdown in that shootout.The Giants wanted to trade up to No.
2 in the 2024 draft to get Daniels but the Commanders were never going to make a deal.The Giants tried to move up from No.
6 to No.3 to get Drake Maye but the Patriots were not interested.
The Giants got shut out in that quarterback cycle and selected wide receiver Malik Nabers.Sign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.
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