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    Matthew Schmidt
    Sep 26, 2025, 18:56
    Updated at: Sep 26, 2025, 18:56

    One former NFL star does not seem to believe that Jaxson Dart will represent a quick fix for the New York Giants.

    The New York Giants have made a quarterback change heading into their Week 4 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers, throwing rookie Jaxson Dart into the action and sending struggling veteran Russell Wilson to the bench.

    It's a move that Giants fans have been clamoring for since the season opener, but is the switch going to suddenly solve all of New York's issues? Absolutely not, and former NFL star Andrew Whitworth took the Giants' organization to task during Thursday Night Football.

    It's hard to argue with anything Whitworth side outside of letting Saquon Barkley walk, a decision that has been dissected to death. Barkley was littered by injuries throughout his Giants career, and New York wasn't going to go anywhere paying him big money. That was the right move.

    Otherwise, the Giants have made a litany of bad decisions over the last decade-plus that have resulted in Big Blue making just two playoff appearances since last winning a Super Bowl during the 2011-12 campaign.

    It has been quite an ugly 13-year stretch for the proud organization, one that was widely viewed as one of the best franchises in football during the first half of Eli Manning's career. Since then, however, the Giants just can't seem to get out of their own way.

    New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart. Credit: Kevin R. Wexler-NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

    Dart should definitely inject some life and some nuance into a New York offense that desperately needs it, but that can only take you so far if the offensive line play isn't up to snuff and if the defense continues to struggle.

    Not only that, but Dart doesn't exactly have a bevy of weaponry surrounding him. Malik Nabers is great, but the Giants might not have a true No. 2 receiver on the roster, and tight end Theo Johnson — who flashed significant potential last season — looks like a lost cause thus far in 2025.

    It's going to take more than just Dart to fix all of the problems New York has, but the hope is that the 22-year-old is a step up from Wilson. Not that that would be difficult at this point.

    It doesn't help that the Giants have a brutal schedule ahead, either. We'll see what Dart is made fo starting this Sunday.