FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart took a bone-crushing hit near the sideline in the first quarter of Monday night's 33-15 loss to the New England Patriots. Even though he probably could have stepped out of bounds earlier and gained a few less yards, he said he wouldn't change a thing.
It doesn't matter that Dart sat out the previous two games because of a concussion and was checked for a concussion in four of the previous eight games.
«No, look, I understand the question, but this is football,» Dart said. «I'm going to get hit if I'm in the pocket or outside the pocket. I feel like I played this way my whole entire life. It shouldn't be any shocker to anybody if you followed along with my career.
»We're not playing soccer out here. You're going to get hit. Things happen. It's just part of the game."
Dart said he was scrambling out of the pocket on the second-and-13 play and was trying to get the first down before Christian Elliss sent him flying through the air. Dart landed on the Giants' sideline.
The hit was deemed legal. Dart was still inbounds at the time of the hit. «Guy made a good hit,» he said.
Interim coach Mike Kafka didn't have any problem with the play from his quarterback. Even if it led to a big hit.
«Obviously, don't want him to take any hits that are unnecessary, but he was working his way out of bounds,» Kafka said.
Tight end Theo Johnson immediately came in to defend his quarterback. He picked up a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness on the play.
Dart's offensive line also came to protect him.
«We're not here to just get rolled over,» right guard Greg Van Roten said. «It's your quarterback. Especially if you think it's late, cheap or dirty, you let them know that's not
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