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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Giants Starting Rookie Jaxson Dart Gets Simms Prediction
The New York Giants, in the mind of Chris Simms, have nothing to fear but ... Well, fear itself. Simms, the son of former Giants quarterback Phil Simms, is projecting that rookie QB Jaxson Dart could start ahead of schedule. Advertisement His reasoning, basically? The Giants are about to have a subpar season and therefore, there's nothing to be scared of when it comes to benching Russell Wilson and playing the kid. "I don't expect the Giants to be a super team here," Simms explained during Monday's edition of FanDuel TV's "Up & Adams.'' "I'm not picking the Giants to go to the playoffs. ... "If Jaxson Dart is phenomenal through training camp ... and has a really good preseason, and Russell Wilson is just, eh, just OK and doesn't look all that sharp, I don't think they'll be scared to start Jaxson Dart here." That means ... in Week 1? We strongly doubt that. Advertisement As an accomplished Super Bowl champion and a 2024 playoff starter, Wilson gives New York the best chance to win. And playoff realities aside, that's the point in Week 1. Once the Giants are truly in the midst of subpar? That might be a different story. There are two paths to Dart playing by some sort of October deadline mentioned by Simms, himself a former NFL QB and now an NBC analyst. Either he's way ahead of schedule ... Or the Wilson-led Giants stink. The ideal scenario? The first concept comes true ... and the second one does not. Related: Jayden Leads Commanders In Week 1 Schedule Leak vs. Giants
New York Post
15-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Joe Schoen dismisses idea Giants coaches pushed Jaxson Dart pick after curious NFL draft comments
Joe Schoen didn't steal cornerback Deonte Banks' signature 'My guy' catchphrase when talking about the Giants' decision to draft Jaxson Dart. The general manager refuted the idea that Dart was a coaching-staff-driven pick Thursday during his appearance on FanDuel TV's 'Up and Adams.' But he didn't claim Dart as his favorite, either. 'It was an organizational decision,' Schoen said. 'Any player that we take, it's a collaborative process and it's very detailed, and we believe in it.' Advertisement 3 Giants head coach Brian Daboll (l.) and QB Jaxson Dart (r.) during rookie camp on May 10, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post 3 Jaxson Dart speaks to reporters during Giants rookie camp on May 9, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST A perception exists in NFL personnel circles that the Giants' front office preferred Shedeur Sanders — after spending more time with him than any other team spent with any prospect in 2025 — but that Daboll and the coaching staff interjected with a preference for Dart. Advertisement More fuel to the fire was added when the Giants released an in-house video production with behind-the-scenes footage of the war room on draft night. Schoen turned to Daboll and said, 'You guys are convicted in him. You believe in him.' So, is he Daboll's guy? Schoen's guy? The Giants' guy? 'Jaxson is a guy that was on the radar throughout the fall,' said Schoen, who scouted Dart's final college game in-person. Advertisement 'Three coaches on staff (Daboll, offensive coordinator Mike Kafka and quarterbacks coach Shea Tierney) that have been part of the development of two pretty good quarterbacks in the league right now (Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen), and when they are convicted on a player and the scouting staff is convicted on a player, typically you have the best chance for success in those situations.' Schoen said the Giants decided three days before the draft to hone in on Dart. Sanders, who some Giants' evaluators preferred to Dart, surprisingly slipped to the fifth round to the Browns. 'As the draft gets closer, you really start to narrow your circle and you want to eliminate outside voices,' Schoen said. 'My leadership group, along with a couple of the coaches, and that's when we really started to devise a plan.' Advertisement 3 Giants GM Joe Schoen on 'Up & Adams' on May 15, 2025. X/Up & Adams Here are some other takeaways from Schoen's appearance: — Free-agent WR Gabe Davis dined with Schoen on Wednesday night after visiting the facility. Schoen was part of drafting Davis to the Bills as a 2020 fourth-rounder, but Davis was just cut by the Jaguars and is coming off a season-ending knee injury. 'We'll see if anything transpires here down the road,' Schoen said. 'There will be no announcements today.' — The Giants face a Murderer's Row first four games of the season: At the Commanders, at the Cowboys, home for the Chiefs and home for the Chargers. 'You want to get off to a fast start,' Schoen said. 'That's something we did in 2022 and haven't the last two years.' Does he embrace having the toughest schedule (by opponents' winning percentage in 2024) in the NFL? 'There's nothing we can do about it,' Schoen said matter-of-factly. Advertisement — There is a lot of speculation about implementing an NFL draft lottery to curb late-season tanking talk. 'I would not be in favor of that,' said Schoen, who has made four top-seven picks in his four drafts. 'If you're in that position, you've probably earned the right to get one of those players that can potentially turn the luck around for a franchise for 15-20 years.'
USA Today
12-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Nik Bonitto responds to DeMarcus Ware's player comparisons
Nik Bonitto responds to DeMarcus Ware's player comparisons During an appearance on FanDuel TV's Up & Adams show last week, Pro Football Hall of Fame pass rusher DeMarcus Ware had high praise for current Denver Broncos edge defender Nik Bonitto. "He reminded me of like a combination of Shaq Barrett and Von Miller," Ware told Adams. "Like Shaq Barrett, he's more like a solid block -- a solid guy, really fast -- but had the quickness of Von. "With Von, Von was more of a lean guy, but when you have a combination of power and speed -- [Bonitto] has both of those -- that's why I say he can repeat [his 2024 season].... He can do it again because he has all the attributes to be a great player and to be consistent." Ware, Miller and Barrett won Super Bowl 50 together with the Broncos. Ware retired one year later and Barrett (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and Miller (Los Angeles Rams) went on to win additional Super Bowls. Bonitto clearly appreciated Ware's endorsement, tweeting: "Legend 🙏." Bonitto also wrote: "The ones who have played the game will tell you the real 🤞🏽." Bonitto is coming off a 13.5-sack season, and he's entering the final year of his contract. The 25-year-old pass rusher is now seeking a big contract extension from the Broncos. Ware certainly seems to believe Bonitto is worthy of a big raise. Related: These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans.
NBC Sports
05-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Inside Phil Simms's deliberations on whether to allow Abdul Carter to wear No. 11
It happened quickly on Friday. On Monday morning, the whole story emerged. Starting with an appearance on FanDuel TV, former Giants quarterback Phil Simms opened the door on possibly allowing his retired number (11) to be worn by Carter, who had previously been spurned in his effort to wear Lawrence Taylor's retired No. 56. Carter immediately mobilized, both to publicly accept the implicit offer — and to privately commence the effort to get in touch with Simms for the purposes of making a formal request. Just when it appeared that Simms, who separately heard from G.M. Joe Schoen on the issue, would agree to let Carter wear the number, Simms's family intervened. Specifically, his wife and his daughter made the push to change Phil's mind. Phil's son, Chris, told the story on Monday's PFT Live. The video is attached to this post. Bottom line? While Phil said he was 'outvoted' by his family, it sounds more like it was a veto. It all leads back to the broader philosophical questions related to the retirement of numbers. Typically, the issue arises when an established NFL player who has worn a number with one team goes to another team. For example, Frank Tripucka's retired No. 18 was unretired for Peyton Manning in 2012, when he signed with the Broncos after wearing No. 18 for more than a decade with the Colts. When J.J. Watt signed with the Cardinals after wearing No. 99 for the Texans, Marshall Goldberg's daughter provided her blessing for Goldberg's retired number to be used. Then there was the story of how Steve Largent's No. 80 came to be worn by Jerry Rice with the Seahawks. Said Largent after the fact, the team's General Manager at the time (Bob Ferguson) 'kind of conned both of us.' It doesn't always go that way. When Aaron Rodgers went to the Jets, Joe Namath was willing to let him wear No. 12. To his credit, Rodgers said no. More recently, teams have been dusting off retired jerseys for rookies. Last year, the Giants gave Ray Flaherty's retired No. 1 to receiver Malik Nabers. This year, the Titans issued Warren Moon's retired No. 1 to Cam Ward. (Of course, Moon never played for the Titans.) The better approach, since there are only so many numbers that 53 (and, in the preseason, up to 90) players can wear, would be to not retire numbers at all. However, if a team is going to retire numbers, the team should honor the obvious terms of the honor. If a number is retired, it's retired. And it's for the team to enforce that. Especially since most players for whom a number has been retired will choose to be perceived as magnanimous when asked to allow a number to be re-used. For the new player — especially a rookie — why wouldn't he want to pick a number that potentially could be retired for him? That's where it becomes very awkward. If the player has a career that merits the ultimate honor of jersey retirement, what happens when he retires? Is a second name added to it? Apparently, it can be. The Giants initially retired No. 14 for Ward Cuff. They unretired it for Y.A. Tittle in 1961. Now, the number is officially retired for both players. (Maybe Carter should ask for that one next.) That's ultimately what could have happened to Simms. If it had been unretired for Carter and if Carter ends up having a Hall of Fame career with the Giants, No. 11 could have ultimately been retired for both of them. Which necessarily undermines the distinction given to Simms. Even though it took a strong nudge from his wife and daughter, Simms did the right thing. Moving forward, all teams with retired numbers shouldn't put the players for whom numbers have been retired in that position, especially for rookies. It's for the team to say that retired numbers won't be unretired. Otherwise, why even bother to retire jersey numbers at all?
USA Today
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Abdul Carter jersey number: Search ongoing with Phil Simms' No. 11 off the table
Abdul Carter jersey number: Search ongoing with Phil Simms' No. 11 off the table Show Caption Hide Caption Best NFC 2025 NFL Draft picks USA TODAY's Tyler Dragon breaks down which teams in the NFC drafted the best this year. Sports Seriously Abdul Carter is still searching for a jersey number to wear with the New York Giants. The No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft already had his overtures to wear Lawrence Taylor's retired No. 56 jersey rebuffed by the Hall of Famer. Another one of Carter's top choice's – the No. 11 jersey, retired in honor of two-time Super Bowl champion Phil Simms – is off the table as well. Simms was originally open to letting Carter bring his jersey out of retirement, as he explained in an appearance on FanDuel TV. "I told some of my friends and people around me, 'I'd let him have it in a second. Can you just help it a little and make it better?'" Simms said. "I think it would be a lot of fun. It wouldn't bother me. Carter then responded to Simms' clip and expressed an interest in wearing the No. 11 jersey, which he donned during his college days at Penn State. "It would be an HONOR," Carter wrote on social media. NFL POWER RANKINGS: Where all 32 teams stand following the 2025 draft But Carter's hopes of wearing the No. 11 jersey were quickly quashed. Long-time New York Daily News writer Gary Myers reported Simms had told him he was "outvoted by his family" in his consideration of allowing Carter to wear his number. Simms had referenced in his appearance on FanDuel TV his family would have a say in his decision to potentially unretire the number. He hadn't spoken to them about it before his appearance, though he noted his agent had said "don't you dare give up that jersey number." Simms' agent is getting his wish. As for Carter, he will go back to the drawing board, a process he joked about on social media before saying "it's all love." "Just wanna play football!" Carter wrote.
