EAST RUTHERFORD - Let's go back to the first conversation between Brian Daboll and Jaxson Dart as head coach and quarterback of the New York Giants , and there was no denying the connection made in the three months since their initial meeting in Mobile, Alabama.

Moments after Dart was officially selected with the 25th overall pick in the NFL Draft, as he stepped away from his celebration with friends and family, the pomp and circumstance quieted down enough for this reality to set in.

“I’m banking on you,” Daboll told Dart, in the midst of a congratulatory phone call from the Giants . “You got me?”

To which the rookie quarterback replied: “Smart man.”

From the moment their futures became linked five months ago, Dart and Daboll have been positioned to count on each other for succes

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