December 21, 2025 • 8 mins
Quarterback Jaxson Dart speaks to the media Sunday after the Giants' loss to the Vikings.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Talk a lot about this defense is coming into the matchup,
and then you went against So what was the challenges
of post?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I feel like third fourth down it's just a big
you know, especially first half cover zero team, so always
bringing a guy that was extra.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Then we had blocking, and.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yeah, that was kind of the what we saw, you know,
third and fourth down, that's kind of what they did,
especially in the first half. You I mean, obviously the
game plan was very run heavy.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Was that something you embraced coming into the game. I
mean there's very few chances for you to throw the ball,
certainly in the first half.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah, I trust the coaches game plan each week, you
understand it. You have conversations and you know, my job
is just to go out there and execute, you know,
play that's being called.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
And yeah, you had a little conversation with each of
the other quarterbacks the block.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
What what were they try to tell you? I guess
and yeah, I'm just gonna keep that in between us.
And we talked to you earlier in the season. I
forget specifically which loss to do it.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
After, but you were very ampy and you had said
that you don't.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Want this to become the norm, and you're not used
that you don't want this.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
You got to snap the ball and not make this
become what happens to week after week.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Unfortunately, here it has the loss of kept piling up.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
How have you been able to process this and keep
your moral up when things just.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Happen been working for you?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Guys out.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
It's just a new experience.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I've never been through before, and that doesn't make it
any easier than what it is. And you just try
to do your best to stay positive as much as
you can. And you know, there's just a quick turnaround
each week. So I feel like the times where you
(01:51):
know you hang on a loss for too long, it
goes into you know, your next game week prep.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
So you know, that's kind of just.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
The mentality and process that I've just you know, tried
to have.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Continue to store your development in the league this year.
There's certain plays today that you want to go back
and look at to say, when another look at thos
just to make sure your process a good way you
expect your process.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, I would say, you know, probably early on in
the game, you know there's a few plays where you know,
just decision wise, you know, check wise, I feel like
I could have done a little bit more so those
are kind of the ones that are on the top
of my mind at this moment.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
But we got to go back and watch the tape.
You went thirteen here for this team with nonsuran losses.
Just what are your emotions.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
At this point? Mm hmmm. Still just you know, trying
to process this one. It's kind of just a hard
question to ask or answer. Sorry, it's a hard question
to answer right now, just you know, being so fresh,
and you know obviously this is just not how you know,
you plan it out to go, you know, in your
(03:08):
head before this season, so you know, it's it's definitely
been difficult.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You think you think you guys had enough answers to
what they ran on defense.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Today, like build in to what you what you saw
and what.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Options you had.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
You trust the game plan, You have those conversations with
the coaches, and you just do your best to execute.
And you know, for myself and and for our team,
we had the opportunities and we didn't do that at
a you know level enough to win the game.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Was just as uncomfortable as you think you have felt
in the pocket since you've been here.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Mm hmm. Yeah, I thought they did a good job.
They did a good job of, you know, staying true
to rush lanes and you know the opportunities that you have,
you know, in the game when you know you're kind
of in those exotic downs and you know when they're
trying to lie it up, you know, you just try
(04:04):
your best to you know, stay composed during all that.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
But I thought that, you know, they did a good job.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
The fortunate part of it is you get to a situation,
you prepare so much for this defense what you thought
you would get, then the game starts. When you're leave here,
do you feel more prepared? You know, unfortunately this league
is a one game and that's it. But if you
were to see this team again next weekend, do you
feel like you would go into that game because of
what you experienced today, maybe a little bit differently prepared
(04:34):
to face them now that you've seen them.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Well, I didn't think that there was anything that I
felt like I hadn't seen on film.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
You know, we kind of knew how they were early
downs and then when they got into you know, exotic downs,
depending on where the babble was on the field.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
But we're going to see and.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
You know, opportunity wise, I think that you just have
to be great, you know when you have those opportunities,
you know, to throw.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
The ball, and a lot of them are you know,
on third down.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
You got to be able to you know, make those
plays and uh, you know everybody be on the same page.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Might have been helpful to throw the ball more on
those early downs.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
I trusted the plan.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
We had conversations and you know, as players, you know,
we have communication with the coaches and you.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Go out there and you're just your best to execute
what it's been called.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Have you have you ever been part of a game
I think it was thirteen passing yards?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
No, I haven't, I think close. Yeah, after a game
like this, you don't want to get into the details
of it. But what do Jamis and Russ what are
they able to give you.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
As matter in quarterbacks when you're seeking the cats after
the tough.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Game like this, Probably the big thing is perspective. You know,
they've been through a lot.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
You know, they've had you know, crazy good games, they've
had games where you know they struggled themselves, and you know,
so a lot of this is for me and you definitely,
you know, lean on those guys and have those conversations.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Since you've come back from from the concussion. Statistic numbers
one everything, But statistically they haven't been three stellar games
between Washington and Landed and this one.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Have you noticed things specifically from the defense maybe playing
you a little bit differently than before that compared to
how they are now.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't say too much.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I mean each defense is different than you play tweak,
So you know, you just do your best to prepare and.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
You know, whatever place called, you just got to go
out there next to it. What do you hope to
take away from this game? I mean, just not let
it happen again like this jacksons of your asses.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
But by the end of the game, you have three
different offensive linemen, different stories you've been playing with.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
What was that like? Different offensive line?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
You had three of your starters out, What was that like? Yeah,
you know, I've I've gotten reps with all those guys
throughout my time here, so you know, this is probably
the first time we've had that much movement in rotation.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
But you know, I've.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Trusted all those guys and you know they prepare it
and work really.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Hard and you know, so you know, I I have
all the trust in the world in.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Them after you guys tied it up, After you guys
tied it up, and then the defense is on the field.
Could watching you from up top on the sideline, you
were you bouncing back and forth, pacing around. What's the
mentality in that situation? Are you blocking everything else out
and just say give me one more shot?
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Absolutely, that's definitely what's what's going through your mind. And
I thought, look, I thought the defense played an amazing
game and I could have had another another touchdown, you know,
so I thought they did a great job tonight. You know,
we just didn't play get enough complimentary football off of them.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
What a little big backer today? What are you learning
about the winds of the stadium?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
M I didn't feel like it was going you know
that hard to I know, it wasn't today.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Going to just say in general, if you had last week,
it had some win, this this home. Everything to say
that you go through and you play here at home,
the wind is always a back sort of learning anything
about how do you play in a win in the
nether Lands.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yeah, I think that, you know, you know, kind of
the weather report before the game. But I didn't feel
like there was any really wind factor to even kind
of make adjustments off of today for me personally?
Speaker 1 (08:32):
How do you deal with drops by your receivers?
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Just look at you know what I could have done
better to, you know, make it easier for him
Talk a lot about this defense is coming into the matchup,
and then you went against So what was the challenges
of post?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I feel like third fourth down it's just a big
you know, especially first half cover zero team, so always
bringing a guy that was extra.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Then we had blocking, and.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yeah, that was kind of the what we saw, you know,
third and fourth down, that's kind of what they did,
especially in the first half. You I mean, obviously the
game plan was very run heavy.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Was that something you embraced coming into the game. I
mean there's very few chances for you to throw the ball,
certainly in the first half.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah, I trust the coaches game plan each week, you
understand it. You have conversations and you know, my job
is just to go out there and execute, you know,
play that's being called.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
And yeah, you had a little conversation with each of
the other quarterbacks the block.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
What what were they try to tell you? I guess
and yeah, I'm just gonna keep that in between us.
And we talked to you earlier in the season. I
forget specifically which loss to do it.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
After, but you were very ampy and you had said
that you don't.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Want this to become the norm, and you're not used
that you don't want this.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
You got to snap the ball and not make this
become what happens to week after week.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Unfortunately, here it has the loss of kept piling up.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
How have you been able to process this and keep
your moral up when things just.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Happen been working for you?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Guys out.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
It's just a new experience.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I've never been through before, and that doesn't make it
any easier than what it is. And you just try
to do your best to stay positive as much as
you can. And you know, there's just a quick turnaround
each week. So I feel like the times where you
(01:51):
know you hang on a loss for too long, it
goes into you know, your next game week prep.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
So you know, that's kind of just.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
The mentality and process that I've just you know, tried
to have.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Continue to store your development in the league this year.
There's certain plays today that you want to go back
and look at to say, when another look at thos
just to make sure your process a good way you
expect your process.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Yeah, I would say, you know, probably early on in
the game, you know there's a few plays where you know,
just decision wise, you know, check wise, I feel like
I could have done a little bit more so those
are kind of the ones that are on the top
of my mind at this moment.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
But we got to go back and watch the tape.
You went thirteen here for this team with nonsuran losses.
Just what are your emotions.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
At this point? Mm hmmm. Still just you know, trying
to process this one. It's kind of just a hard
question to ask or answer. Sorry, it's a hard question
to answer right now, just you know, being so fresh,
and you know obviously this is just not how you know,
you plan it out to go, you know, in your
(03:08):
head before this season, so you know, it's it's definitely
been difficult.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You think you think you guys had enough answers to
what they ran on defense.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Today, like build in to what you what you saw
and what.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Options you had.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
You trust the game plan, You have those conversations with
the coaches, and you just do your best to execute.
And you know, for myself and and for our team,
we had the opportunities and we didn't do that at
a you know level enough to win the game.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Was just as uncomfortable as you think you have felt
in the pocket since you've been here.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Mm hmm. Yeah, I thought they did a good job.
They did a good job of, you know, staying true
to rush lanes and you know the opportunities that you have,
you know, in the game when you know you're kind
of in those exotic downs and you know when they're
trying to lie it up, you know, you just try
(04:04):
your best to you know, stay composed during all that.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
But I thought that, you know, they did a good job.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
The fortunate part of it is you get to a situation,
you prepare so much for this defense what you thought
you would get, then the game starts. When you're leave here,
do you feel more prepared? You know, unfortunately this league
is a one game and that's it. But if you
were to see this team again next weekend, do you
feel like you would go into that game because of
what you experienced today, maybe a little bit differently prepared
(04:34):
to face them now that you've seen them.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Well, I didn't think that there was anything that I
felt like I hadn't seen on film.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
You know, we kind of knew how they were early
downs and then when they got into you know, exotic downs,
depending on where the babble was on the field.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
But we're going to see and.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
You know, opportunity wise, I think that you just have
to be great, you know when you have those opportunities,
you know, to throw.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
The ball, and a lot of them are you know,
on third down.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
You got to be able to you know, make those
plays and uh, you know everybody be on the same page.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
Might have been helpful to throw the ball more on
those early downs.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
I trusted the plan.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
We had conversations and you know, as players, you know,
we have communication with the coaches and you.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Go out there and you're just your best to execute
what it's been called.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
Have you have you ever been part of a game
I think it was thirteen passing yards?
Speaker 3 (05:27):
No, I haven't, I think close. Yeah, after a game
like this, you don't want to get into the details
of it. But what do Jamis and Russ what are
they able to give you.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
As matter in quarterbacks when you're seeking the cats after
the tough.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Game like this, Probably the big thing is perspective. You know,
they've been through a lot.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
You know, they've had you know, crazy good games, they've
had games where you know they struggled themselves, and you know,
so a lot of this is for me and you definitely,
you know, lean on those guys and have those conversations.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Since you've come back from from the concussion. Statistic numbers
one everything, But statistically they haven't been three stellar games
between Washington and Landed and this one.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Have you noticed things specifically from the defense maybe playing
you a little bit differently than before that compared to
how they are now.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't say too much.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I mean each defense is different than you play tweak,
So you know, you just do your best to prepare and.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
You know, whatever place called, you just got to go
out there next to it. What do you hope to
take away from this game? I mean, just not let
it happen again like this jacksons of your asses.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
But by the end of the game, you have three
different offensive linemen, different stories you've been playing with.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
What was that like? Different offensive line?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
You had three of your starters out, What was that like? Yeah,
you know, I've I've gotten reps with all those guys
throughout my time here, so you know, this is probably
the first time we've had that much movement in rotation.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
But you know, I've.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Trusted all those guys and you know they prepare it
and work really.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Hard and you know, so you know, I I have
all the trust in the world in.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Them after you guys tied it up, After you guys
tied it up, and then the defense is on the field.
Could watching you from up top on the sideline, you
were you bouncing back and forth, pacing around. What's the
mentality in that situation? Are you blocking everything else out
and just say give me one more shot?
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Absolutely, that's definitely what's what's going through your mind. And
I thought, look, I thought the defense played an amazing
game and I could have had another another touchdown, you know,
so I thought they did a great job tonight. You know,
we just didn't play get enough complimentary football off of them.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
What a little big backer today? What are you learning
about the winds of the stadium?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
M I didn't feel like it was going you know
that hard to I know, it wasn't today.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Going to just say in general, if you had last week,
it had some win, this this home. Everything to say
that you go through and you play here at home,
the wind is always a back sort of learning anything
about how do you play in a win in the
nether Lands.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yeah, I think that, you know, you know, kind of
the weather report before the game. But I didn't feel
like there was any really wind factor to even kind
of make adjustments off of today for me personally?
Speaker 1 (08:32):
How do you deal with drops by your receivers?
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Just look at you know what I could have done
better to, you know, make it easier for him
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