Darius Slayton was a rookie with the Giants in 2019 when then-coach Pat Shurmur made the move to bench Eli Manning and install first-round pick Daniel Jones as the starter for a Week 3 game against the Buccaneers.

Six years later, Slayton is one of the winless Giants’ longest-tenured players as coach Brian Daboll ponders making a similar decision in potentially replacing veteran quarterback Russell Wilson in favor of first-rounder Jaxson Dart, possibly as early as Sunday’s game against the Chargers.

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“I’ve kind of said it in the past, but even if you look back at 2019 when we had this similar situation with Eli and DJ,” Slayton s

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