Giants rookie QB Jaxson Dart 'efficient, effective' in debut - ESPN

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Jaxson Dart's preseason debut may have gone as New York Giants coach Brian Daboll expected. It was still impressive and included what Daboll considered a «sweet throw» for a touchdown.

Dart went 12 of 19 passing for 154 yards with a touchdown in a 34-25 win over the Bufallo Bills on Saturday afternoon. He also rushed for 24 yards on three carries as he checked a variety of boxes in his first NFL game action. The highlight of it all was a 28-yard touchdown pass down the left sideline to Lil'Jordan Humphrey in the second quarter with pressure in his face.

None of it surprised his head coach.

«It's about what I thought he would do,» Daboll said of the quarterback the Giants traded back into the first round to take with the 25th overall pick in this year's draft. «Efficient, effective, aggressive, confident in the pocket. Still stuff we can work on, but he's doing good.»

Dart was less impressed with his own performance. He thought he did some good stuff but there was plenty to clean up. He even told Daboll it was simply «mid» despite looking poised and in control throughout.

The Giants did have some drives stall with Dart behind center and there were a couple passes deflected at the line of scrimmage, including one that probably should have been intercepted several plays before the touchdown pass.

This had Dart not fully content, even if the overall offensive operation ran fairly smoothly. That was the primary object for Daboll heading into in this contest.

«I just felt like the only reason we stopped ourselves from scoring touchdowns was some of those third downs and not converting,» Dart said. «I felt like, personally, I'm really hard on myself. So in those moments I want to capitalize on that. Those