Jameis Winston dooms Giants after Jaxson Dart damage

It’s all enjoyable and video games with Jameis Winston — till his video games start. 

The smile that’s seemingly tattooed on the face of the previous Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 total NFL Draft choose was rapidly erased after Winston was unexpectedly thrust into motion for an injured Jaxson Dart in the Giants’ 28-6 Monday night time loss to the Rams. 

Although the Giants entered the season higher positioned than most groups to succeed with out their beginning quarterback, the veteran backup appeared like an overwhelmed rookie after Dart was knocked out of the sport with a knee damage on the primary possession, passing 11-for-27 for 111 yards and an interception. 

Earlier this month, Winston signed a two-year extension with the Giants, however will probably be onerous for John Harbaugh to really feel snug placing the 32-year-old again below heart after a ghastly efficiency during which he sailed a number of throws, struggled with stress and led the crew to 182 whole yards and 11 first downs. 

Due to Dart’s damage historical past, it was no shock to see Winston known as into motion, however the fun-loving character who has received the love of followers nationwide misplaced so lots of them within the Metropolitan Space after finishing simply one in every of his first six passes for 1 yard. 

On Winston’s first possession, the Giants have been set to get into area objective vary, however Winston badly overthrew Devin Singletary on a brief throw, forcing the crew to punt. Subsequent, the Giants went three-and-out after a pair of incompletions by Winston. Then, trailing 14-0, the Giants lastly drove into the Rams’ purple zone halfway by way of the second quarter, however Winston took away the likelihood for factors on a horrible interception thrown on to Trent McDuffie. 

Within the last minutes of the primary half, the teaching employees confirmed how a lot confidence they’d left in Winston, following a fumble restoration that put the Giants on the Rams’ 11-yard line. After three performs and three runs, the Giants settled for 3 factors. Any hope of a comeback was killed by the Winston-led offense, which produced 30 yards on its first three possessions of the second half. 

Winston began two video games for the Giants final season, finishing 56.1 p.c of his passes for 567 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. He’s 36-53 as a starter in his profession.