Harbaugh says Winston is QB1 even if Giants add another QB - ESPN

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Jameis Winston threw for 119 yards in a steady rain, and the New York Giants didn't get into the end zone in his first start in place of the injured Jaxson Dart. It was enough to lead his team to a 12-7 victory and keep the starting job, no matter whom they add at the position in the coming days.

«Yes. Yes, I do,» coach John Harbaugh said definitively on whether he believes Winston will remain the team's starter. «Yes, I do.»

Dart is out for at least the rest of the regular season after undergoing knee surgery Friday. Winston took over early in last Monday night's loss to the Los Angeles Rams and struggled.

Winston and Harbaugh said he did what was «required» on Sunday in the difficult conditions against the Titans. That meant leading the Giants on four scoring drives and not turning the ball over in the wet and windy weather caused by a nor'easter.

It didn't seem to be a differentiator one way or another. The Giants insist how Winston played isn't affecting the current starting quarterback situation.

«Not at all,» Harbaugh said. «The plans are the plans. The opportunities that you have are the opportunities you have. No matter what, we're going to do everything we can to make our team as strong as we can based on what options we have.»

New York (2-1) hosts the Arizona Cardinals next week at MetLife Stadium. It still remains likely the Giants will have a new quarterback on the roster this week.

The inexperienced Jake Haener served as Winston's backup Sunday.

The Giants are expected to add a quarterback in the coming days with free agent Jimmy Garoppolo, Arizona's Gardner Minshew II and Minnesota's J.J. McCarthy among the options, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

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