The moment looked like a snapshot from the 2025 season, when the New York Giants' quarterback was hit over and over again.And, like a handful of times in 2025, this hit resulted in Dart being evaluated for a concussion out of concern for the player's safety.Dart had one confirmed concussion out of those five previous evaluations and missed two games as a result.ANTHONY RICHARDSON'S TURNOVERS IN PRESEASON OPENER RAISE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS COLTS FUTURENew York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is sacked during a preseason opener against the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday, Aug.
15, 2026, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)"I never thought I was going to be taken out," Dart said after the game.
"I want to keep playing until they tell me I'm not playing.Like, I want to be out there."The Giants season flashed before everyone's eyes until Dart emerged from the blue medical tent on the sideline after the evaluation that cleared him to return.But the whole scene raises questions about what should and shouldn't be expected in any team's first preseason game.SUPREME COURT HANDS NFL A LOSS IN BRIAN FLORES DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT, CLEARING PATH TO TRIALNew York Giants head coach John Harbaugh speaks at the press conference announcing his hiring at Quest Diagnostics Training Center.
(Ed Mulholland/Imagn Images)So, some answers:Harbaugh said he had no hesitation about putting Dart back in the game and the quarterback told him he simply had the wind knocked out of him.Harbaugh also said he was "honestly" surprised Dart was sent to the blue tent in the first place, but the job of doctors is to "err on the side of player safety."(Yes, especially when a sizable part of Dart's rookie season felt like one long medical evaluation.)We don't know why the Vikings blitzed as many times and ways as they did this game.Flores is known for doing this.
It's his professional personality, one might argue.Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian...