Daniel Jones has faith Jaxson Dart will 'figure it out' with Giants after Brian Daboll firing

While Daniel Jones is thriving with the 8-2 Indianapolis Colts, his replacement successful New York is already going done his archetypal caput coaching alteration conscionable 10 games into the season.

Jaxson Dart and the remainder of the New York Giants volition decorativeness the 2025 play without caput manager Brian Daboll, who was fired aft yet different late-game illness by the squad — this clip successful a 24-20 nonaccomplishment to the Chicago Bears connected the road.

Mike Kafka, the team’s violative coordinator, was named interim caput coach, portion wide manager Joe Schoen is already starring the hunt for Daboll’s replacement adjacent twelvemonth and beyond.

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New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart (6) warms up earlier an NFL shot crippled betwixt the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Daboll’s concern mirrors the 1 Jones recovered himself successful past year, erstwhile the Giants released him during a roller-coaster play that yet led to trading backmost into the archetypal circular and selecting Dart retired of Ole Miss during the 2025 NFL Draft.

Jones, aft a little stint successful Minnesota with the Vikings, won the backmost conflict successful Indianapolis and hasn’t looked backmost since. But considering helium was erstwhile a young backmost trying to find his mode with the Giants, could helium person immoderate proposal for Dart, who volition already person a 2nd caput manager arsenic helium begins his ain career?

"I don’t cognize Jaxson personally," Jones told Fox News Digital, portion besides discussing his enactment with FedEx’s "Power Move" run during the bye week. "Heard large things astir him and a batch of radical successful New York person truly enjoyed moving with him and playing with him. I deliberation he’s played truly good this year, and I look guardant to watching him.

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"As acold arsenic advice, I deliberation he’ll fig it out. He’s played truly well. As agelong arsenic helium keeps moving and playing similar he’s playing, I’m definite he’ll beryllium each right."

Jones whitethorn not cognize Dart personally, but helium does admit the endowment of his successor — arsenic does the remainder of the NFL. It’s been hard to disregard what Dart has done since being named the starter implicit Russell Wilson successful Week 4, which ended up arsenic the team’s archetypal triumph of the play implicit the Los Angeles Chargers.

Dart has thrown for 1,417 yards with 10 touchdowns and 3 interceptions with a 62.7% completion rate, portion besides showcasing his moving ability. He has 7 rushing touchdowns this season, starring each quarterbacks. In fact, lone 4 players successful the full NFL person much rushing scores.

Indianapolis Colts backmost Daniel Jones (17) leaves the tract aft an NFL shot crippled against the Miami Dolphins connected Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, successful Indianapolis.  (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

But 1 of those runs proved costly successful Chicago, arsenic Dart suffered a concussion that knocked him retired of the crippled prematurely. He won’t suit up this Sunday astatine location against the Green Bay Packers, arsenic Kafka has already named Jameis Winston the team’s starter for the contest.

Then again, Jones couldn’t attraction little what benignant of tumultuous play the Giants are going done now. He leads the NFL successful passing yards done 10 weeks arsenic helium and prima moving backmost Jonathan Taylor person acceptable the code with an explosive discourtesy that has stifled opponents truthful far. The Colts are sitting comfortably atop the AFC South astatine 8-2, and Jones whitethorn person recovered his adjacent semipermanent location — provided helium remains successful spot fixed his free-agent presumption for 2026.

"As acold arsenic advice, I deliberation he’ll fig it out. He’s played truly well. As agelong arsenic helium keeps moving and playing similar he’s playing, I’m definite he’ll beryllium each right."

However, Jones knows what Dart is going done arsenic a first-round backmost successful 1 of the toughest media markets successful nonrecreational sports.

In 2019, Jones was already counted retired by immoderate Giants fans earlier helium had the accidental to beryllium himself retired of Duke. He did thing but support his caput down, enactment hard and execute astatine his champion — adjacent erstwhile the results weren’t there.

He besides watched arsenic Pat Shurmur was fired aft his rookie year, Joe Judge was shown the doorway up of the 2022 run and present Daboll gets the footwear astir the aforesaid clip Jones was released successful 2024.

New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart reacts aft scoring a touchdown during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, successful Chicago.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The NFL, similar immoderate nonrecreational sports league, tin beryllium a pugnacious business, and the Giants person surely endured their stock of struggles since their past Super Bowl rubric successful 2012. The glass-half-full presumption is that Dart has the imaginable to beryllium the franchise backmost for years to come, portion young pieces connected some sides of the shot are successful place.

Jones volition beryllium watching from afar now, but seeing arsenic helium inactive has friends successful New York, determination are nary sick wishes connected his end. That’s simply not his nature.

As helium did successful New York, Jones volition enactment with his Colts teammates and coaches successful hopes of continuing their propulsion toward the playoffs and a imaginable Super Bowl run. What the aboriginal holds successful his aged stomping grounds remains to beryllium seen.

POWER MOVES WITH FEDEX

Jones came close backmost from Berlin, Germany aft a triumph implicit the Atlanta Falcons and got close to concern with FedEx for its "Power Move" campaign. When asked what helium would accidental his powerfulness determination is close now, helium replied, "Handing the shot to Jonathan Taylor close now."

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Taylor was conscionable nominated for the 4th clip this play for the FedEx Air $ Ground NFL Awards Program, the fan-voted grant successful its 23rd year. Jones is simply a immense instrumentality of the program, which celebrated the apical NFL performances crossed the league each week, and it isn’t conscionable for quarterbacks. Running backs, choky ends and wide receivers are besides eligible, but it’s hard not to enactment successful Taylor, who had yet different three-touchdown crippled overseas. 

"He’s been connected fire," Jones said of Taylor. "It seems similar each week helium shows up and tops the week earlier and super, ace accordant for america moving the ball. These explosive runs, particularly successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile we get into these games we they’ve worn connected him a small bit, helium finds a seam and pops one. I deliberation the violative enactment evidently deserves a batch of recognition with that stuff, too. But he’s been incredible, truthful I’ll decidedly beryllium pulling for him. He’s got my ballot for the FedEx Ground Player of the Year, which I cognize they’re doing again this year."

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