Jaxson Darts season-ending injury means Giants young offensive core delayed another year

The Giants’ triplets have yet to be born. Not in the football sense, anyway.  Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.Any dreams the Giants have of building a Peyton Manning-Marvin Harrison connection between Jaxson Dart and Malik Nabers — or a Troy Aikman-Emmitt Smith-Michael Irvin trio with Dart, Cam Skattebo and Nabers — are on hold again until at least 2027.

By then, Nabers could be one of the highest-paid receivers in the NFL on his second contract. “It sucks,” Skattebo said.“But the bright side is we have a long future ahead of us and — with Malik being in Year 3, I’m in Year 2, Jaxson in Year 2.

We have a lot of football ahead of us.” Since Dart was drafted, the Giants have run 1,277 offensive plays.Dart and Nabers have shared the field for just 74, and the triplets of Dart, Nabers and Skattebo have played just 43 together. Dart didn’t start the first three games of his rookie season, Nabers suffered a season-ending torn ACL early in Week 4, and Skattebo suffered a season-ending open tibia fracture in Week 8. Now, Nabers and Skattebo back, but Dart is done for the season.

The chemistry-building disruptions keep coming. “Takes a breath out of you, for sure,” Nabers said.“Just trying to be there for him like he was there for me.

It’s sad to say: You can’t predict injuries.So, it’s a shame that it happens, but you go through it.” The only silver lining for now is that the X-ray on Nabers’ shoulder — injured Monday night against the Rams when he crashed to the turf trying to make a catch and was held to one catch for one yard – returned “good results.” “Feeling good.

I’ll be fine,” Nabers said.“We’re smiling.

I’m out there playing, catching the ball.” Except Nabers is catching passes from Jameis Winston.And stuck on zero (of his nine career) touchdown catches from Dart, who has thrown zero of his 18 career touchdown pas...