Moments after beating the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in prime time last week, New York Giants coach Brian Daboll could not stop praising rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart.

Even as he repeatedly called it a good team win that wasn’t about one player, Daboll could not hide how happy he is to have Dart at the most important position in football.

“It’s good to have a young leader like Dart,” Daboll said. “He leads by his play, he leads by his words, he leads by his emotion, he leads by his loose plays. Glad he’s my quarterback — our quarterback.”

While Daboll referenced mentor Bill Parcells’ old saying that Dart shouldn’t be fitted for his gold Hall of Fame jacket after three NFL starts and the 2-4 Giants still have an uphill climb this season, the decision to go to him

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