Dan Orlovsky rips Giants for Jaxson Dart mistake: I dont understand

Don’t expect Joe Schoen to do any more halftime injury updates.The Giants’ general manager is being dunked on in many corners for telling ESPN that quarterback Jaxson Dart was “OK” after taking a vicious blow to his lower half during Monday’s game that led to his exit — only for Dart to actually have potentially suffered a season-ending injury.Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.

“My biggest concern is the communication that happened with the Giants, candidly,” ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky said Tuesday after the news emerged that Dart may miss the remainder of the season in a crushing blow.“I have no idea how you make this mistake.I don’t understand how you can kind of calm some of the fears that a lot of people’s eyes saw and then everyone start to feel like, ‘OK, maybe it’s not going to be that bad,’ and then obviously today is a completely different story.”There is always the caveat with injuries that teams only know so much until they put players through the full gamut of tests and that seemingly is the case with Dart.Dart exited Monday’s 28-6 loss to the Rams after the first drive when Rams lineback Byron Young hit him from his left side right into fellow linebacker Josaiah Stewart.The quarterback’s leg bent at a weird angle and Dart immediately grabbed his knee, with plenty fearing he had suffered a season-ending blow.Giants faithful seemingly received a positive update, though, when ESPN “Monday Night Football” sideline reporter Laura Rutledge revealed a tidbit from Schoen early in the third quarter.“Another comment I wanted to provide for you guys is that Joe Schoen, the GM of the Giants, just walked past me, his quote to me was, ‘He’s going to be OK,‘” Rutledge reported.“They’re still finding more information.

He did receive X-rays, though, here at the stadium.”Even Giants coach John Harbaugh, who mostly avoided giving any details, des...