Giants’ John Harbaugh suspects ‘historical past’ informed Jaxson Dart’s latest…
Looking again on it, Giants head coach John Harbaugh thinks Jaxson Dart’s “history” of visits to the medical tent as a rookie may need had one thing to do with Dart being summoned Saturday to the tent in the second quarter of the afternoon’s 13-10 preseason loss to the Vikings.
Dart took a big hit from security Jay Ward after operating again Tyrone Tracy Jr. did not find Ward on what ought to have been an computerized blitz pickup.
Dart was slammed to the turf and stayed down for a few seconds.
Afterward, he said he was “puzzled’’ that he needed to get checked out for a doable concussion.
“I’m positive it’s irritating,’’ Harbaugh said Sunday afternoon. “I’m not going to be important of the league or whoever’s doing that upstairs. They do their job; they wish to shield their gamers. I’m positive historical past or no matter they may bear in mind, perhaps that comes into play. I don’t know in an identical state of affairs if another quarterback would have been called into the tent or not. There’s no means for us to know that.’’
Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) walks off the subject after he was sacked during the first half of the Giants and Minnesota Vikings pre-season game in East Rutherford, NJ, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. Bill Kostroun for the NY Post
This was definitely not a case of Dart being reckless together with his physique or taking pointless dangers.
It was a case of Tracy whiffing on his task and getting his quarterback mauled.
Giants coach John Harbaugh appears on during the first half of the Giants and Minnesota Vikings pre-season game in East Rutherford, NJ, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. Bill Kostroun for the NY Post
“There’s no means he ought to have been hit there,’’ Harbaugh said. “I imply, it just shouldn’t have occurred. That was a basic safety. Should have been protected and we anticipate in that state of affairs to be protected in the future. I imply, it’s not like [Dart’s] going to be never hit, never tackled, never sacked. But it shouldn’t have been in that one, and it shouldn’t have been that straightforward to get to him.’’
It appears as if the Giants might want to add a operating again, as Dante “Turbo’’ Miller got here out of the game with a mushy tissue/groin injury. At current, there are only six operating backs on the roster. … The Giants, trailing by three factors, had a chance to ship rookie Dominic Zvada out to try a 62-yard subject purpose with 2:29 remaining. After conferring with particular groups coordinator Chris Horton, Harbaugh deemed the kick into the wind to be too far to try. “We wished to kick it; I promise you, we wished to get him out there to strive one,’’ Harbaugh said. “Maybe he would have knocked it by.’’ Harbaugh hoped his protection might make a cease to get the ball again for the offense, however the Vikings picked up two first downs to run out the clock.
Harbaugh misplaced a replay challenge early in the first quarter, contesting a reception by Jordan Addison that picked up 8 yards and a first down.
In the headset suggesting the challenge was Ty Siam, the director of Football Data & Innovation, who held that function beforehand on Brian Daboll’s workers.
“He did a superb job,’’ Harbaugh said. “I used to be pleased with it. I believed the challenge was the proper challenge. The ball moved, his arms had been on the aspect, it hit the floor, the ball moved out of his management. They didn’t flip it over in all probability because of the shadowing on the replay, you couldn’t in all probability see it that clearly. They checked out it for a very long time. Good challenge.’’
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