After a 22-9 loss to the Chiefs on Sunday Night time Soccer, Giants coach Brian Daboll refused to handle Russell Wilson’s standing because the crew’s beginning quarterback going ahead.
“Yeah, you guys have requested me about gamers after video games,” Daboll mentioned. “I am not gonna reply that.”
The response got here shortly after Wilson accomplished 18 of 32 passes for 160 yards with no landing passes and two interceptions. Wilson additionally ran 5 occasions for 27 yards — together with a team-long 14-yard achieve — and took two sacks.
Jaxson Dart appeared within the sport for a small bundle of performs for the second straight week. The primary-round rookie out of Ole Miss performed three snaps, handing off twice to Cam Skattebo and scrambling as soon as for 3 yards. The week prior, in opposition to the Cowboys, he additionally handed off twice and ran as soon as.
With the Giants at dwelling in Week 3, although, the group was in a position to voice its pleasure for Dart and its disapproval of Wilson.
“Jaxson’s progressing properly,” Daboll mentioned. “We’ll proceed to work with him. I obtained loads of confidence in him, his improvement that he is had, and that is what we’ll proceed to do. Look, I might be booing too, to be sincere to you, by way of not being ok, not scoring, not ending. I perceive that. That is the character of it. We gotta be higher.”
Wilson has now sandwiched two video games of fewer than 170 passing yards round a Week 2 gem in Dallas by which he threw for 450 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. Daboll did not initially commit to Wilson after a Week 1 loss to the Commanders earlier than ultimately expressing confidence in him, however this time he refused to call names.
New York has scored single-digit factors twice this season, the one crew to take action. In fact, it did not assist that the Giants did not have a wholesome kicker after Graham Gano’s pregame harm.
“Everyone’s obtained to be higher,” Daboll mentioned. “We’re not gonna put this on one particular person. Everyone needs to be higher collectively.”
The Giants face the 3-0 Chargers in Week 4.
