Jaxson Dart Starting to Settle into NY Giants  Offense

It was only a matter of time and a lot of reps before the game would ultimately slow down for New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart.

Four days into his first NFL training camp, that appears to be happening, as the rookie had his best day of the summer throwing the ball in both planned and random snaps called by the coaches, unofficially finishing 10 of 13 during Sunday’s training camp practice. 

“I can feel a difference from the first day to even today,” Dart said after practice. “Just that the game's starting to slow down a little bit, the more that I get comfortable with the plays and the system. I'm just trying to take advantage of the opportunities that come my way. Trying to study late as much as I can.”

The rookie, according to head coach Brian Daboll, has been putting in the work to find that comfort level, which wasn’t there in the first few days of camp. Dart, according to head coach Brian Daboll, has been staying late each day to work on where his prior day’s showing fell short, while also building on what he did well.

“First training camp, some good, some things to improve on, but he's got the right mindset,” Daboll said. “He's here real late. It's good to see him kind of finish a drive two days ago, throwing it where he needs to throw it, keep working with him.”

Dart’s initial days fell short, including holding onto the ball too long and not moving off his first read. He was also guilty of trying to force some balls into tight windows, though this was more of a feeling-out process to determine what throws he might be able to make in games.

He’s also been building up his confidence and his command of the huddle, regardless of which group he’s assigned to work with. 

“I felt like it slowed down just a little bit,” he said. “That first day, even a little bit the second day, there were just some plays that I hadn't run before. You're getting mixed in with different groups of guys who you don't have a ton of reps with, so you're just trying to get that timing down with everybody. 

“But I feel like today, going into it, I felt confident in the different installs that we had and I felt at the same time the coaches gave me a lot of freedom, so I was able to make some checks that I wanted to and I feel like that just allowed me to play just faster and be able to make quicker decisions.”