Bart Scott doubts Russell Wilson’s ability to take New York Giants to playoffs in 2025

The New York Giants have had a losing record in 10 of the last 12 years, finishing in the back half of the NFC East. Quarterback Russell Wilson may not change that trend now, coming to the Meadowlands.

‘Get Up’ asked several questions about the NFC East, with the Giants topic being if Wilson could lead them to the postseason. Bart Scott answered first by doubting that he would do so, believing it’s more likely that Wilson will be benched, that Brian Daboll will be fired, and that New York will be picking again at the top of the NFL Draft rather than them making the NFL Playoffs.

“I think the likelihood that Russell Wilson will probably be benched for (Jaxson) Dart by Week 8,” Scott said. “I mean, I couldn’t find a home win for the Giants this season, talking about that, you know, which puts them in a precarious position because I think, you know, they’re going to be in a position to take the next quarterback next year and maybe Daboll could be, you know, on the cutting block.”

It’s fair to question what kind of effect Wilson could have on the Giants going into his 14th season in the NFL. That’s with some decline through this decade, over his final season in Seattle, two in Denver, and the last one in Pittsburgh, with a 63.9% completion for 221.9 yards a game, 83 passing touchdowns, and 30 interceptions.

Peter Schrager did push back on that a bit. He thinks the Giants have a non-zero chance to still be notable over the back half of the season, more so because of their defense with the names now all over that unit.

“They did (get better). Brutal (schedule). Look, are they playoff contenders? Probably not. Are they sneaky, possible, dark horse, maybe if everything goes their way, chance to maybe play relevant football in November, December? Yes!” Schrager said. “Maybe the best front seven in all of football. If you look at that, let me explain. You’ve got Dexter Lawrence, Brian Burns, Abdul Carter and then they have this defensive back(field) that can absolutely work that they totally rebuilt.”

Still, Scott questioned what that matters if they can’t score themselves, even if they have a solid defense. Mike Greenberg asked that, as well as the next to mention the first round quarterback as who could be the starter by season’s end.

“How are they going to score points?” Scott asked. “You’ve got to score points and win football games. This ain’t the 2000s Ravens defense that’s going to hold everybody down.”

“Who’s going to throw it to (Malik Nabers) is what you’re asking and the answer is Jaxson Dart, whether that works out that way or not,” noted Greenberg. “We’ll wait and see.”

New York, at least, has pieces that could make it noteworthy, depending on how they all come together down the stretch of the year, in what’s a key season for the franchise. There are just doubts, though, in that leading to a playoff berth, especially out of the NFC East.