leading them to a 3-0 start.<\/a><\/p>\nSlayton pointed to two-time MVP and three-time Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes as a young quarterback who benefited from mostly sitting and watching during his rookie season with the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
Wide receiver Darius Slayton of the New York Giants on the bench during the fourth quarter.
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Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) reacts in the second quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at MetLife Stadium. Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just played a guy [Sunday] who didn\u2019t play at all his rookie year, and he\u2019s probably going to go down as the greatest player ever,\u201d Slayton said. \u201cSo, if he can benefit from waiting and learning, anybody can.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not just him, [Ravens quarterback] Lamar Jackson waited. A lot of quarterbacks in this league took their time. They had a chance to grow, had a chance to learn and watch, and ultimately, I want Jaxson Dart to be a perennial All-Pro, Pro Bowl, Super Bowl-winning quarterback one day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201c[Chiefs coach] Andy Reid thought it worked, and they\u2019ve been to a few Super Bowls in his time, so why not let [Dart] wait while he can wait?\u201d<\/p>\n
That is not to suggest, Slayton stressed, that he would not support that decision whenever the Giants are ready to make a change. He just hopes Dart is given time to blossom into the job.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI mean, if they do, look, he\u2019s talented. He\u2019s shown himself to be able to learn fast. I think he\u2019s capable of being an NFL quarterback\u201d Slayton said. \u201cI think he\u2019s capable of being a good NFL quarterback. But, if they do, and if we do have a lackluster performance for maybe a week or two, it\u2019s like, well, then if that\u2019s the case, give him some time. Give him some grace.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDon\u2019t show up and boo him after a game or two if he doesn\u2019t do well, which I don\u2019t expect him to. \u2026 I\u2019m just saying the reality is it might not [happen]. So, if that\u2019s the case, give him time to grow. Give us time to gel. Let him be an NFL quarterback. Let him figure out what that is and learn and grow. \u2026 And give him a chance to grow and become a good quarterback. Something that I feel like Daniel Jones probably didn\u2019t get the chance to become a good NFL quarterback. Something that I hope that Jaxson Dart will get the chance to do if he does get the opportunity to play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darius Slayton was a rookie with the Giants in 2019 when then-coach Pat Shurmur made the move to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":248187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[52868,131815,12949,4716,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-248186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-daniel-jones","9":"tag-darius-slayton","10":"tag-jaxson-dart","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115252105529523322","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}