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Giants' Daboll doesn't commit to Wilson as Week 2 starter - ESPN

LANDOVER, Md. — New York Giants coach Brian Daboll was asked after Sunday's 21-6 season-opening loss to the Washington Commanders if it was fair to say that quarterback Russell Wilson will be the team's starter next week against the division rival Dallas Cowboys. His answers were hardly definitive just moments after a contest in which first-round pick Jaxson Dart served as the team's backup ahead of veteran Jameis Winston.

Wilson went 17-of-37 passing for 168 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions in the loss. He was especially ineffective under pressure, completing just 2 of 12 passes for 26 yards with two sacks and two scrambles.

«We're going to get home and look at our game,» Daboll said when asked if he would consider starting Dart next week.

Nothing the Giants coach said afterward seemed to offer any significant clarity either.

«Yeah, we're just right here after the game,» Daboll said. «I've got confidence.… We have to do better around overall — coaches, players, [all] around everybody. So we'll get focused and ready to go on to Dallas.»

When it was mentioned that that answer could be construed as a non-answer, Daboll didn't exactly say that Wilson would start against the Cowboys. He was equally noncommittal.

«We're talking about after every game.… I've got confidence in Russ,» he said. «We'll go back, evaluate the tape. This game isn't on Russell Wilson. It's not on Russell Wilson. Let me make that clear. I have confidence in Russ. We have to do a better job all the way around.»

New York managed just 231 yards of total offense. The Giants averaged 3.2 yards per rush. They stumbled twice in the red zone.

Wilson said he believes that is where things went wrong.

«The game was simple in the sense that we didn't

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