DENVER \u2014 Here is one assessment from a key member of the Broncos defense that Jaxson Dart believes is right on the money.<\/p>\n
When taking a look at Dart for the first time as an NFL opponent, Pat Surtain II \u2014 widely acknowledged as the best cornerback in the league \u2014 offered all sorts of praise and one particularly interesting observation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team is rallying behind him,\u2019\u2019 Surtain said. \u201cHe is very confident. It seems like he\u2019s playing with a chip on his shoulder. You can just see the poise and intangibles. He can make every throw across the field. A very underrated part of his game is his scrambling ability and his ability to create second-chance opportunities for his offense on his feet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he will be a great player for sure in this league.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jaxson Dart speaking to the media after practice at the New York Giants training facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
The poise and the running and the throwing were out there for all to see in Dart\u2019s first three starts, with No. 4 coming Sunday at Mile High, where the Broncos have won seven consecutive home games dating back to last season. That Surtain would point out a particular intangible trait he sees in Dart is worth exploring.<\/p>\n
Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) throws a pass during the third quarter of the Giants and Philadelphia Eagles game in East Rutherford, NJ. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n
Why would Dart have a chip on his shoulder? He was a star in high school, eventually a huge prospect entering college, a big man on campus at Ole Miss and a first-round draft pick. Sure, there were some doubters, but it is not as if Dart is some underdog or some unknown or someone that came out of nowhere. He was the second quarterback taken in the 2025 draft, and there is nothing wrong with that. And, after an impressive spring and summer, it took only until Week 4 for the Giants to name him their starter, which is quite a quick ascension.<\/p>\n
Dart does not see any of this that way.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, things happened really late for me in high school,\u2019\u2019 Dart told The Post. \u201cI didn\u2019t have a college offer until week four or five of my senior year in high school, and it wasn\u2019t even a full ride scholarship. I feel like everything I\u2019ve done I\u2019ve had to fight kind of a narrative, just been kind of weird.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially in college, you can go back to the bowl game after my final season and people were saying I was going to be a fourth-round player. There\u2019s been a lot of noise, but the chip comes from me. I want to be the best, and my parents raised me to play as hard as I can every time I leave the field and leave it with no regrets.<\/p>\n
Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart celebrates after he runs the ball in for a touchdown in the first half at MetLife Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in East Rutherford, NJ. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I definitely play with a chip. It\u2019s always just in me, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s ever going to change. That was one thing when I came in here people maybe didn\u2019t understand my mentality of how I approach things every day. The intensity I try to play with and lead with. That\u2019s not something I\u2019m ever going to let myself let up on.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n