Dan Salomone: Don't let Schmeelk fool you. Quarterback practice statistics are the biggest predictor of success or failure this season.
While kidding, I'm going to look at the most important position in all sports. We don't need to reschedule offseason moves (but if you need to review, this is our trading shoveler). Everyone knows who it is now, and the boot camp is where rubber meets the road. Once practice started on Wednesday, there was only 46 days to sing, until the Giants took over as Commander, a back-to-back division game, which is the 2024 percentage points combined is the toughest timeline in the league.
Not before, but there is no time to waste. The season became very real on Wednesday, and it was everything that 10-time professional bowler Russell Wilson knew.
“He was able to keep his composure urgently,” offensive pass game coordinator/quarterback coach Shea Tierney said on “The Drive” now streaming. “Even if it’s new to him, you won’t just look at him there.
If Wilson represents the Giants’ gift, Jaxson Dart is a major part of their future. Now, the 25th draft pick has been targeted during his development, rookie mini camps, OTAs and regular small camps. Actually, you won't hit the quarterback, but the intensity will increase when the mat appears a few days later. It will grow from there as we approach the preseason slate, which starts 17 days after the first practice at the camp.
“I just believe in them,” Dart said of the Giants’ plans for him in the micro-training camp. “They have this blueprint, they've done it with different quarterbacks, and you've already succeeded at the highest level, so I believe them, I just want to be the most capable player I can do. I want to be great offensively. I want to be able to manage it and make sure my plans. I'm just doing a daily process. I'm just doing one thing. Every day, rep.”
We will take notes from the sidelines in every hot and humid exercise in East Rutherford.