The Giants have declined to make backup quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston available to talk football with reporters this week ahead of Sunday’s season opener at Washington , putting the team in violation of the NFL’s media policy.

Starting quarterback Russell Wilson conducted a solo press conference before Wednesday’s locker room opened. But when Dart began having a cordial, non-football conversation with reporters minutes afterwards at his locker, a Giants public relations staffer interrupted to inform the reporters that the backup quarterbacks would not be talking.

The Giants later clarified that requests could be submitted to interview the backup quarterbacks about football ahead of time, and those requests would be considered. But the team since has denied multipl

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