Giants rookie QB Dart draws praise: 'Fit right in'

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The aboriginal returns from the New York Giants connected rookie backmost Jaxson Dart person been affirmative this spring.

Dart, the 25th wide prime successful this year's draft, again worked chiefly with the second-team discourtesy down Russell Wilson and up of Jameis Winston and Tommy DeVito. He fired a touchdown walk heavy down the close sideline connected his last rep of minicamp signifier connected Tuesday. With a airy signifier scheduled for Wednesday it could possibly beryllium his last walk earlier the commencement of grooming campy this summer.

"He's done fantabulous picking up information," Giants caput manager Brian Daboll said beforehand. "It's truly bully to person Russ and Jameis and adjacent Tommy due to the fact that Tommy has been successful this strategy for a fewer years here. Kind of the caput statesman successful presumption of that with each the adjustments that instrumentality spot and the calls. He's acceptable close successful with those guys. He's smart, assertive with the shot which I like. And past the existent trial volition beryllium erstwhile we commencement with unrecorded hitting and preseason games and things similar that. He's progressed since he's been present ... he's made improvement."

Dart began the outpouring moving with the 3rd squad arsenic helium learned the Giants' offense. The past 3 practices unfastened to the media he's been with the 2nd team. He besides took a fewer first-team reps. It each seems portion of Daboll's developmental program for the rookie quarterback.

"Well, it's bully to get him successful with the ones. There's usually a level of anxiousness astatine times for young players erstwhile they get thrown into the mix," Daboll said. "It's not precisely planned successful presumption of he's getting reps there. Sometimes we'll conscionable accidental 'get successful there.' Then he's calling plays successful beforehand of veterans that person done it astatine a precocious level. I deliberation that's important. Or, enactment him with the threes for a portion wherever he's got to benignant of instruct immoderate different guys that are asking questions astir things. ...And conscionable effort to get him arsenic galore antithetic situations arsenic you can."

Wilson has worked exclusively with the first-team discourtesy this spring. He's the Giants' starting backmost entering the summer. That is not expected to chance. He was signed with the volition of being the starter. But Dart seems to person passed each the aboriginal tests this spring.

"It's been awesome to spot the past mates weeks conscionable however he's prepared and made the modulation to becoming a pro," quarterbacks manager Shea Tierney said. "We thought that astir him, which is 1 of the reasons wherefore we liked him. But he's done a truly bully occupation of coming successful present and knowing what he's got to bash to marque himself a pro and approaching it the close way."

Dart's outpouring could not person ended immoderate amended than it did connected Tuesday. He maneuvered successful the pouch and fired a dart to the close country of the extremity portion into the arms of undrafted wide receiver Dalen Cambre connected his last walk of the afternoon.

"All touchdowns we love," Winston said of the pass. "I don't deliberation determination has been 1 touchdown that I haven't loved successful my life. So we were excited astir that. But it's conscionable the beginning."