Jaxson Dart’s season is over, and the Giants chose the clearest path forward.
After Dart was knocked out of Monday Night Football against the Los Angeles Rams, the initial expectation was that he’d miss time. The next day brought a tougher reality: the knee injury was more serious than first believed, with a season-ending outcome already in play. Now, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network says Dart and the Giants have decided on surgery.
“Giants QB Jaxson Dart is expected to have knee surgery that will lead to a full recovery but end his 2026 season, sources told me and @MikeGarafolo,” Rapoport reports. “Dart has been soliciting opinions on the injury.
And the ACL is intact. But surgery is coming.”
That detail matters. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Dart did not tear his ACL, but his MCL, PCL, and meniscus are damaged. In other words, this isn’t the kind of injury the Giants could simply manage and hope to patch together later.
The math behind the decision is pretty straightforward. Even if Dart had gone the rehab route, a return in 2026 would have come so late that it likely wouldn’t have helped a playoff push. That made the surgery option the safer, smarter call.
Dart is still a young quarterback with a lot ahead of him, and the Giants are treating the injury with that bigger picture in mind. Instead of trying to squeeze in a late-season comeback that could carry more risk than reward, the plan is to let him recover fully and aim him at 2027.
It’s a brutal break for Dart and for a Giants roster that is still building around young talent. But with Dart, Malik Nabers, and Cam Skattebo all part of that future, the organization clearly decided that protecting the long game mattered more than chasing a rushed return at the end of a season that would probably already be out of reach.
In Other News...
Mississippi State Gets An Early SEC Test Fans Cant Ignore
Mississippi States first SEC home game arrives with real weight attached, and the matchup should tell plenty about where the No. 24 Bulldogs stand after a 3-0 start. The early resume already includes a comeback win at South Carolina, but coach Jeff Lebby has made it clear the next step is sustaining play instead of living off splash moments. Hosting No. 19 Missouri gives the Bulldogs a chance to back that up in front of a home crowd with conference pressure starting immediately.
Missouri brings its own clean slate into Starkville, also sitting at 3-0 and carrying a balanced offense behind quarterback Austin Simmons and running back Jamal Roberts. Eliah Drinkwitz has been complimentary of Mississippi States culture and scheme, which only adds to the sense that this is more than an early-season measuring stick. For Mississippi State, the intrigue is whether the opening act of SEC play looks like a statement or a reminder that the margin gets much thinner once the league schedule begins. [Read more 🡒]
Mississippi State Faces Its First Real SEC Test After Fast Start
Mississippi States early momentum has carried it into a place the program has been waiting for, with a 3-0 start capped by a comeback win at South Carolina and a spot in the AP Top 25 this week. Now the Bulldogs get their SEC home opener, and it brings a little more weight with Missouri arriving in Starkville just as unbeaten teams meet in a game that should say plenty about where each one really stands.
Jeff Lebby has watched his team handle the first stretch of the season and will now see how it responds when conference pressure starts to ramp up at home. Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz has had similar questions to answer on the other sideline, and Mississippi States Amaree Williams added another bright note this week after earning SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors, giving the Bulldogs a little more buzz as they prepare for the first true test of this fast start. [Read more 🡒]
Kamario Taylor Is About To Face Mississippi States Biggest Test Yet
Three weeks into the 2026 season, the quarterback conversation is already starting to sharpen, and Kamario Taylor has pushed his way into it with the kind of early play that gets scouts leaning in. The Mississippi State quarterback is being discussed as one of the more intriguing NFL prospects in college football, not because of a pile of numbers, but because of the traits that translate and the upside he has flashed in a strong start.
The next step is the one that usually separates a promising start from a real draft-stock climb: showing it against better resistance. Mississippi State has reason to like where Taylor sits right now, especially with some of the other top names in the class still sorting through questions about consistency and mechanics, but the challenge ahead is whether he can keep that momentum when the Bulldogs run into their biggest test yet. [Read more 🡒]