Jaxson Dart is getting beaten up, and it’s not the hits from opposing defenses that are doing it.

Sure, he keeps taking jaw-rattlers during the games, and on Sunday against the 49ers , there were more than a few that had to sting. He was sacked from behind in the first half, lowered his shoulder on a run for a first down late in the game and took one right under the chin on a short gain in the third quarter that drew a penalty against the defense for making contact with his head.

Those he keeps popping up from, though. He even managed to hang on to the football on that thunderous sack by Clelin Ferrell at the Giants' 5 in the second quarter that everyone in the stadium except him saw coming.

“Strong hands,” Dart said with a rare smile.

No, the Niners couldn’t get to him. They couldn

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