The Giants Are Panic-Dialing Every Available Quarterback After Jaxson Dart’s Knee Injury
Tom Pelissero reported that league sources believe it’s a matter of when, not if, the Giants acquire a QB.
The are officially in the quarterback market, and they are shopping with the desperation of someone buying a space heater in a blizzard.
According to Tom Pelissero, the Giants have spent the entire week working the phones to find a replacement for . League sources are treating a roster move as a matter of when, not if, with a new arm potentially arriving in by Monday.
This scramble comes after Dart suffered a brutal left knee injury during Monday’s 28-6 blowout loss to the . The team officially placed their young signal-caller on injured reserve Thursday, and he is expected to undergo season-ending surgery.
For context, losing your starting quarterback in Week 2 is bad. Doing it when you are already sitting at 0-2 with an offense that just managed six total points is a full-blown organizational crisis. Head coach John Harbaugh is now staring down the barrel of a lost season before the calendar even flips to October.
The sportsbooks already know exactly how bleak this looks. Betting lines for 's upcoming games are going to be completely paralyzed until we find out which veteran backup or practice-squad castoff is getting the keys to the offense. You cannot confidently handicap a football team when their future starting quarterback is currently sitting in an airport terminal waiting for a flight to New Jersey.
The host the this Sunday in a game that is suddenly about pure survival. Whoever is taking snaps this weekend is likely just keeping the seat warm. The real story is who the front office manages to drag into the building by Monday morning.