Giants head coach Brian Daboll was surging with an ‘I told you so’ level of confidence after Thursday night’s upset win over the Eagles.
He raved about rookie Jaxson Dart’s leadership, performance and impact, enough to remind everyone that Daboll was the driving force behind the Giants drafting him and inserting him as the starter in Week 4.
“I’ve liked everything about Dart since we got him,” Daboll said.
He took credit for telling defensive coordinator Shane Bowen to blitz more, an ironic comment considering Daboll hired Bowen back in 2024 to run a less aggressive scheme than Wink Martindale’s.
“I told Shane to be aggressive,” he said. “Don’t hold anything in your holster. Go after them.”
Then Daboll provided a detailed description of his Thursday night sideline outburst at th