Giants rookie QB Jaxson Dart answered Shedeur Sanders’ strong NFL debut in Cleveland with an impressive first game of his own.
The Giants’ first-round pick directed a 7-play, 80-yard scoring drive on Saturday in Orchard Park, N.Y., launching a 28-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Lil’ Jordan Humphrey as a Bills defender was bearing down.
Dart completed 12 of 19 passes for 154 yards and the touchdown, rushed for 24 more yards and quarterbacked three Giants scoring drives. That included a two-minute drill at the end of the first half to set up a Graham Gano field goal in an eventual 34-25 Giants victory at Highmark Stadium.
Fellow first-round pick Abdul Carter also looked ferocious with a couple pressures in limited snaps with the Giants’ first-team defense.
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