"Jaxson Dart wants you to know something: this is real football. It's not soccer or flag. It's tackle football, the kind where quarterbacks go airborne. After taking the latest in a growing compilation of bone-crushing hits, Dart brushed himself off and delivered a post-game sermon on toughness. We're not playing soccer, he said. You're going to get hit. Things happen."
"On Monday night, Dart took another heavy hit near the sideline in the first quarter of the Giants' 33-15 loss to the Patriots. Dart scrambled out of the pocket on second-and-13 and ran for a first down. As he approached the sideline, Dart could have stepped out and gained fewer yards while still moving the chains. Instead, he braced, lowered his shoulder and was sent soaring through the air by Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss."
"Dart's recklessness has become the defining tension of his young career. He plays like a linebacker in a quarterback's body. There is an old-school charm to his style, a kind of throwback bravado that a fanbase quickly falls in love with. Coaches love it, too, until they remember their job security depends on the quarterback remaining conscious. In another hapless Giants season, Dart has been one of the few sources of promise. His dynamism has brought a jolt to an otherwise moribund offense."
Jaxson Dart repeatedly chooses aggressive, yards-at-all-costs plays and has absorbed a growing number of heavy, unnecessary hits across his first eight NFL starts. He once scrambled near the sideline against the Patriots and, instead of stepping out, braced and lowered his shoulder and was violently upended by Christian Elliss. The physical style injects life into an otherwise struggling Giants offense and wins admiration from fans and some former players, but coaches worry about injuries and the long-term cost of a quarterback who repeatedly risks remaining unconscious.
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