Giants taking Jaxson Dart over Shedeur Sanders in NFL Draft sends social media into frenzy: 'Laughably sad'

The New York Giants jumped backmost into the archetypal circular to drawback their backmost of the future, and societal media is divided connected however to presumption the selection. 

Instead of taking Colorado Buffaloes prima and Heisman Trophy finalist Shedeur Sanders, the Giants traded with the Houston Texans to instrumentality Ole Miss backmost Jaxson Dart astatine No. 25 overall. 

Now, Dart was ever considered to beryllium idiosyncratic who could spell up of Sanders. But erstwhile the Pittsburgh Steelers, a squad successful hopeless request of a quarterback, took Derrick Harmon retired of Oregon astatine No. 21, nary 1 knew wherever either of these 2 prospects were going to land. 

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Ole Miss Rebels backmost Jaxson Dart (2) celebrates aft a touchdown successful the 3rd 4th against the Arkansas Razorbacks astatine Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Mississippi won 63-31 connected November 2, 2024.  (Nelson Chenault-Imagn Images)

But the Giants traded their fig 34 and 99 picks successful this year’s draft, arsenic good arsenic a 2026 third-round prime to get backmost into the archetypal circular and instrumentality the dual-threat backmost from the Rebels. 

One of the contiguous reactions connected societal media was the examination to Daniel Jones, who was released by New York this past play to extremity a rollercoaster tenure.

"Giants trading up to draught a QB and it’s Jaxson Dart is truthful unbelievably funny," 1 X idiosyncratic said. "That’s truthful Giants."

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Skip Bayless, the sports speech personality, besides ripped the pick. 

"Shedeur Sanders is truthful overmuch amended than Jaxson Dart," helium tweeted successful each caps. "This is conscionable laughably sad."

But determination was besides those similar ESPN NFL expert and erstwhile NFL backmost Robert Griffin III who tried to look astatine it from some points of view. 

Dec 28, 2024; San Antonio, TX, USA; Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) warms up earlier the crippled against the Brigham Young Cougars astatine Alamodome. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

"You don’t person to hatred Jaxson Dart to enactment Shedeur Sanders," helium tweeted. 

Jon Gruden, the longtime NFL caput manager who present covers the athletics for Barstool Sports, besides showed his emotion for Dart’s toughness. 

"New York Giants fans…you are getting 1 pugnacious SOB!" helium said implicit a video of the 2 of them breaking down immoderate movie from Ole Miss’s season. "Congratulations to Jaxson Dart!"

The memes, of course, began to stroll in, but this broadside by broadside of the infinitesimal the Giants selected Dart says it each astir 2 abstracted NFL Draft journeys for 2 quarterbacks. 

Sanders wasn’t selected with the remaining picks successful the archetypal round, meaning helium has to hold until 7 p.m. connected Friday to spot wherever helium mightiness beryllium heading successful the 2nd oregon 3rd round. 

Speaking with the media aft being selected, Dart said that helium has been successful interaction with Giants caput manager Brian Daboll passim this draught process. However, those texts started dying disconnected 2 weeks ago. 

In the end, Daboll is his caput coach.

"This is wherever my travel starts," helium told reporters, via ESPN. "I’m sitting successful a country with a Super Bowl-winning quarterback."

Mississippi backmost Jaxson Dart (QB03) during the 2025 NFL Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

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That backmost is Russell Wilson, who signed connected arsenic a escaped cause with New York and is projected to commencement Week 1 for New York. Jameis Winston, different seasoned awesome caller, is besides connected the extent chart, which gives Dart aggregate brains to prime isolated successful the quarterbacks room. 

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