When former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signed a one-year contract with the New York Giants in free agency, it was readily apparent that he would serve as a bridge to the future.
Whether that meant simply filling the role for the 2025 season or potentially mentoring a younger quarterback added in the draft, with the best days of the 36 year old signal caller in the past it was obvious that Wilson did not represent a long term solution for New York.
Then, on the first day of the 2025
NFL Draft in April, the role for Wilson as a mentor became apparent when the Giants used the 25th pick to add Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart. At that point it became a matter of when, not if, Wilson would surrender the starting role to Dart.
According to a report from Adam Schefter of ESPN, the when is Week 4.
Whether or not New York planned to start Dart this early in the season is not known. What is known is that after Russ’ performance on the Giants’ final possession of the Week 3 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, it was obvious that whatever the hope had been, Wilson was not the answer for the Giants in 2025.
And perhaps the biggest question now is whether it will be Wilson or Jameis Winston backing up Dart on Sunday when Jim Harbaugh and the Los Angeles Chargers visit MetLife.
