New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is undergoing surgery Friday on his injured knee, according to the New York Post. That is an early surgery that will allow Dart to begin attacking the rehab sooner rather than later.
Dart suffered damage to the PCL, MCL and meniscus on his left knee on Monday night when he was high-lowed by Los Angeles Rams’ defenders Byron Young and Josaiah Stewart.
Giants coach John Harbaugh would not rule out a return to action for Dart in the playoffs, should the Giants make
it that far.
“Regular season at least, I’d say,” Harbaugh said on Wednesday. “Yeah. I said it, regular season. Other than that, how do you know? There’s no way to know, it just depends on the recovery. You can’t pinpoint it exactly.”
Four months might be the most optimistic timeline. According to Dr. Kyle Flik, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon specializing in knee and shoulder injuries for Ortho NY, the timeline depends on the severity of the injuries beyond the meniscus.
“I would say if the PCL is getting reconstructed then I think that [four months] would be a silly time frame and not make a lot of sense,” Flik said. “If it’s only the MCL and the meniscus, that would be a possibility.”
Flik said that PCL reconstruction, MCL repair, and meniscus repair would be the “worst-case scenario.”
A return for Week 1 of the 2026 season should not be an issue without ACL damage.
