\u201cYou feel like you can win every single game possible,\u201d right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor told The Post. \u201cSkatt is a f\u2014ing wild card. With him and Dart in the huddle, they are both psychopaths.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles had won 19 of the prior 23 meetings with the Giants, including 10 of 13 with a playoff victory since the longest-tenured Giants (Dexter Lawrence and Darius Slayton) arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Do you think Dart cares about streaks that started when he was an 11-year-old boy running around Utah? <\/p>\n
Or Skattebo cares about what was happening in New York when he was pinballing off telephone poles to develop his running style?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think there\u2019s, at times, some negativity that\u2019s surrounding here,\u201d Dart said. \u201cFor us, some of the new guys, we just got here, so we don\u2019t feel like we were involved in the past. We\u2019ve got a lot of winners on this team.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
![\"Jaxson](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/44-giants-quarterback-jaxson-dart-113157460.jpg\")
Jaxson Dart (L.) and Cam Skattebo celebrate during the Giants-Eagles game on Oct. 9, 2025. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n
Brian Burns is tied for the NFL lead in sacks (seven) and never has played better in living up to being the Giants\u2019 highest-paid player. <\/p>\n
But his career record when in uniform for the Giants and Panthers is 28-75.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lawrence (32-65-1) is a three-time Pro Bowler on his way into the Giants\u2019 Ring of Honor. <\/p>\n
Andrew Thomas (25-39-1) is a former Second-Team All-Pro.<\/p>\n
Slayton (31-65-1) is a holdover from the Eli Manning years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like all great competitors, those veterans go into every game expecting to win, but there has to be some muscle memory involved in years of facing boos at home, getting bullied by division rivals (eight-game losing streak snapped) and seeing things go wrong at the most inopportune time that has not penetrated the DNA of the new quarterback and running back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are very competitive individuals who have a lot of pride, toughness and belief in themselves,\u201d head coach Brian Daboll said. \u201cThat\u2019s important for any team when you have players like that. They care about their teammates, they prepare very diligently and I trust them a lot on the field.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dart was 29-10 over his three years at Ole Miss. <\/p>\n
Skattebo was 26-13 over the last three years at Sacramento State and Arizona State.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Giants (2-4) were 18-32-1 in that same span, taking rookies from successful college programs and introducing them to how hard it is to win in the NFL. <\/p>\n
Dart and Skattebo haven\u2019t hit that wall or been soured by the business side of the NFL yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are playing fearless,\u201d Burns said. \u201cThat\u2019s something I really respect. As they get older and age well in this league, they will make more calculated decisions. But, right now, hey, balls to the wall.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Jaxson Dart (L.) and Cam Skattebo celebrate during the Giants-Eagles game on Oct. 9, 2025. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n
Like when Dart launched himself like a projectile toward the first-down marker on a third-down scramble. Or high-fived an official whose hands were in the air to signal a touchdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s insane,\u201d Burns said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like when Skattebo lowered his shoulder on First-Team All-Pro linebacker Zach Baun. Or over-aggressively celebrated Cor\u2019Dale Flott\u2019s interception on the sideline.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than saying something, I felt him roughing me up,\u201d Flott said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Alright, Skatt, let me go right now.\u2019 \u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The box score shows Dart passed for 195 yards, rushed for 58 and accounted for two touchdowns, while Skattebo rushed for 98 yards and three touchdowns. It doesn\u2019t note that they made veterans have fun again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are super competitive and they love to win,\u201d left guard Jon Runyan Jr. said. \u201cThey do a great job firing up the guys. When Jaxson is holding the ball back there or Cam has the ball, anything can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When the Giants drafted Dart after a first-round trade-up, his moxie was a part of the equation. When the Giants drafted Skattebo in the fourth round, a big part of the discussion was the punishing attitude that he would bring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Call \u201cgood vibes\u201d a scouting tiebreaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey play with an edge,\u201d Daboll said, \u201cand they play with a style that we want our team to play with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dart and Skattebo are ignorant of the history that only 16 of the 260 NFL teams to start 1-4 since 1970 have gone to the playoffs. They see the \u201clong season\u201d ahead as an opportunity \u2014 not a threat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need their energy,\u201d Flott said. \u201cIt\u2019s refreshing to us, for sure. That they haven\u2019t felt that vibe we\u2019ve been having, it shows.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They don\u2019t know what they don\u2019t know.\u00a0 Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo are not the Giants\u2019 best players…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":293867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92891,12949,4716,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-293866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cam-skattebo","9":"tag-jaxson-dart","10":"tag-new-york-giants","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115353913108012691","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293866","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=293866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}