Jaxson Dart wants to fight to the finish and if that means staying on the field down the stretch of games long since decided, so be it.
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tRY IT NOWWith the Giants trailing 34-17 in the closing minutes last week against the 49ers, Dart took some heavy hits while directing a scoring drive, tossing a touchdown pass to Gunner Olszewski with 1:21 remaining.
Later that night, the Commanders were trailing 38-7 to the Seahawks with 7:39 remaining when Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels was sacked and suffered a dislocated left elbow.
A day later, when asked why Daniels was still in the game so late in a blowout, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn admitted: “I missed it.’’ And: “That is 100 percent on me.”
Dart said he has known Daniels since they trained together as high school players. “First of all, prayers to him … You definitely hate to see that,’’ Dart said.
As far as getting taken out of a game to avoid an injury such as the one that put Daniels out of action, Dart was not interested in taking a seat.
“How I view it, I never want to come out of the game, if I’m up or down,’’ he said, “I played in my bowl game last year [a 52-20 Ole Miss victory over Duke] and we were up by like 30 points and I’m telling the coach, ‘There’s no way I’m coming out, I’ll stay on the field even if you try to sub me out.’ As competitors, you’re not going to be an easy out in those situations and you feel like you can get back in the game, because if you’ve paid attention to the NFL, you can look at our Broncos game, you can watch the Bears and Cincinnati game, even with what looks like a little time left, you’re always still kind of in the game. How I see it is you play it through 00:00.’’
