It might seem like a long time ago now, but Jaxson Dart was viewed with more than a bit of skepticism by NFL fans and the draft community.

Dart wasn’t really talked about as a real potential first rounder until the Senior Bowl. Even as word of the Giants’ love of him started to circulate, there were some who believed that it was a smoke screen to hide their intentions to draft Shedeur Sanders in the first round.

And even then, there were many who believed that drafting any quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft would be a mistake. There was a persistent belief that the 2025 QB class was terrible and waiting until the Giants could get a “sure thing” in 2026.

But, as we know, the Giants had very strong convictions on Dart and traded back into the first round, moving up from 34th overall to 25t

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