ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky criticized the New York Giants for providing misleading information about quarterback Jaxson Dart's injury during Monday's game against the Rams. Dart was initially said to be "OK" by GM Joe Schoen, but subsequent reports suggest he may have suffered a season-ending injury. Orlovsky expressed confusion over how such inaccurate communication could occur, highlighting discrepancies between early positive updates and later developments regarding Dart’s condition.
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Story summary
Jaxson Dart, the 23-year-old quarterback for the New York Giants, is expected to undergo season-ending knee surgery after suffering severe damage to his left knee during a game against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. The injury includes damage to his MCL, PCL, and meniscus, though his ACL seems fine. This comes as a significant blow to the team's prospects for the rest of the season.
Dart was injured in the first quarter when he was sandwiched between multiple defenders, causing a collision with his left knee. He had only recently become the starter after an injury to Russell Wilson earlier this year. In 14 games and 12 starts during his rookie season, Dart completed 63.7% of his passes for 2,272 yards with 15 touchdowns and five interceptions.
With Dart out indefinitely, Jameis Winston, a 12-year veteran who struggled in relief against the Rams on Monday night, is set to take over as the starting quarterback. The Giants now face an uphill battle, as they were originally projected to win around 8 games for the season but are now being offered betting odds of only 5.5 wins by sportsbooks.
The timing of Dart's injury has also reignited discussions about a so-called "Trump Curse," after the quarterback was praised by then-President Donald Trump at a Republican rally in May for having legs like tree trunks, shortly before his injury occurred. This curse theory suggests that players or teams receiving presidential attention often face significant setbacks soon afterward.
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Don’t expect Joe Schoen to do any more halftime injury updates.
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Schoen → expect → updates
The Giants’ general manager is being dunked on in many corners for telling ESPN that quarterback Jaxson Dart was “OK” after taking a vicious blow to his lower half during Monday’s game that led to his exit — only for Dart to actually have potentially suffered a season-ending injury.
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Dart → dunk → injury
tRY IT NOW“My biggest concern is the communication that happened with the Giants, candidly,” ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky said Tuesday after the news emerged that Dart may miss the remainder of the season in a crushing blow.
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Dart → try → blow
“I have no idea how you make this mistake.
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you → have → mistake
I don’t understand how you can kind of calm some of the fears that a lot of people’s eyes saw and then everyone start to feel like, ‘OK, maybe it’s not going to be that bad,’ and then obviously today is a completely different story.”
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today → understand → people
There is always the caveat with injuries that teams only know so much until they put players through the full gamut of tests and that seemingly is the case with Dart.
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that → be → Dart
Dart exited Monday’s 28-6 loss to the Rams after the first drive when Rams lineback Byron Young hit him from his left side right into fellow linebacker Josaiah Stewart.
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Young → exit → Stewart
The quarterback’s leg bent at a weird angle and Dart immediately grabbed his knee, with plenty fearing he had suffered a season-ending blow.
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he → bend → blow
Giants faithful seemingly received a positive update, though, when ESPN “Monday Night Football” sideline reporter Laura Rutledge revealed a tidbit from Schoen early in the third quarter.
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Rutledge → receive → quarter
“Another comment I wanted to provide for you guys is that Joe Schoen, the GM of the Giants, just walked past me, his quote to me was, ‘He’s going to be OK,‘” Rutledge reported.
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Rutledge → want → me
“They’re still finding more information.
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They → find → information
He did receive X-rays, though, here at the stadium.”
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He → receive → stadium
Even Giants coach John Harbaugh, who mostly avoided giving any details, described the injury on Sunday night as one that would not end the second-year quarterback’s season.
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that → avoid → season
He further added that Dart had been slated for an MRI exam and the team believed the injury to be in the “neighborhood” of an MCL sprain, a setback that costs weeks not entire seasons.
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that → add → weeks
Internet sleuths also noticed that the Giants’ trainer appeared to say to Harbaugh “around four to six weeks” early in the first quarter, and Dart later seemingly said they didn’t let him return to the game.
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him → notice → game
Said Harbaugh: “The fact that it’s not that outcome that you’re talking about, the devastating outcome, is really good news.”
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you → say → that
Harbaugh did not provide any concrete details on what changed the injury timeline Tuesday, saying that there are ongoing conversations.
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what → provide → timeline
NFL Network reported that Dart is seeking more opinions to see if he needs surgery.
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he → report → surgery
Former Jets scout Connie Carberg, in a quote tweet of Orlovsky’s comments, agreed with the former quarterback’s remarks while adding a Gang Green twist.
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Carberg → agree → twist
“So agree with @danorlovsky7 that bad communication on @giants everybody read the guys lips that went up to the head coach and said 4 to 6 weeks and then everybody was saying he’s gonna be good and no ACL,” she posted.
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she → agree → weeks
“And then today the bombshell hit.
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bombshell → hit → ?
If the Jets had done that the reporters would be all over crucifying them- double standard always.
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reporters → do → that
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