Jaxson Dart looks ahead to Week 5 matchup with Saints

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00:00The Saints were obviously in the quarterback market in the draft, too.

00:06What was your pre-draft stuff with them?

00:09Did you have a private, a visit, dirty?

00:11What was your contact with the Saints?

00:13Yeah, I met with them multiple times.

00:16Coach Moore was great.

00:18Coach Ness was great, too.

00:21So, you know, definitely had a good relationship with them,

00:24you know, during the whole process.

00:26And, yeah, excited to be on the field.

00:28Is there any chip on your shoulder that they didn't pick you at nine

00:31before the Giants had a chance to?

00:33I think that there's always a chip on your shoulder

00:35any time that, you know, something like that happens.

00:40But, yeah, I'm just going to go out there and play it as hard as I can.

00:43When you were sitting there in draft night and they were on the clock,

00:45did you think you might get a call?

00:46Did you have any one way or the other?

00:48Yeah, I felt like my visit with them went good.

00:51So, you know, you kind of have thoughts in your head during the draft

00:55of, you know, what options are really realistic.

00:57And I definitely felt like that was a place that, you know,

01:00could have panned out.

01:02But, you know, things didn't work out that way.

01:05Now that you're here, how do you think your experience has gone so far

01:08with the Giants?

01:09I love it here.

01:10I love it here.

01:11This isn't – there's not a place that I'd rather be.

01:14I love just, you know, how passionate people are here outside of the facility,

01:18within the facility.

01:19And I like kind of just like the attitude, you know,

01:22that the East Coasters have.

01:24And it's a lot of fun.

01:26So, I've loved it.

01:28What's going on on tape that you want to offer?

01:31I think just, you know, be a little bit cleaner with my footwork,

01:35you know, in the pocket.

01:37Be a little – you know, just be a little quicker in my progressions maybe.

01:40And there's definitely, you know, a few sacks that, you know,

01:44I felt like I could have got the ball out of my hand

01:45and probably just thrown away.

01:47So, you know, those are the kind of things that stood out to me.

01:49How quickly did you have to go from being bummed about the league's injury

01:52to sort of moving to what life's going to be like after him?

01:55What do you think it's going to be like now not having to wake out there?

01:58Yeah, well, you definitely can't, you know, just replace a player like that.

02:01I mean, he's one of one.

02:02You know, just his talent and his ability.

02:04But, you know, we've got a lot of good guys on our team.

02:07And it was definitely really hard.

02:09But, you know, I think it's hard, you know,

02:12just when you see somebody that you really respect,

02:14you have a really good friendship and all that, you know, go down.

02:17And, you know, during the game, it definitely, you know,

02:22hit us emotionally just as a team.

02:24So, you know, our prayers are with him.

02:26And, you know, we're constantly just trying to look after him.

02:28And during this time, you know, but we've got a lot of good guys

02:31and guys who are going to be willing to step up.

02:33And, you know, they have to step up.

02:35So, yeah, just, you know, going into this next game,

02:39just trying to get on the same page with everybody

02:41and being able to execute the highest level.

02:44Jack, did you play many domes in college?

02:46I played what?

02:47Many domed stadiums in college?

02:49Yeah.

02:50Yeah, I did.

02:50Well, can you lean on that experience going into the Superdome,

02:52or is this a whole different experience to kind of prepare for that?

02:55I mean, you know, every college has an indoor facility too.

02:58So, you know, a lot of practices, you know, especially at Ole Miss,

03:03you know, throwing in there.

03:05And then had, you know, several games where I played indoors,

03:08especially bowl games.

03:09So, you know, the ball comes out better in those environments.

03:15So, just excited for it.

03:16As far as the crowd, though, how is that kind of, like, different

03:18as far as just compared to, like, outdoor for you at least?

03:22I mean, I feel like I played, you know, in the SEC.

03:24So, I've played in a lot of, you know, really loud places.

03:28Obviously, you know, this one that we're walking into is, you know,

03:30notoriously, you know, one of the loudest in the league.

03:32So, we've got to definitely be prepared

03:34and have to communicate at the best of our ability.

03:36We try to do a really good job of practice of, you know, creating sound.

03:39And not all the time can you implement exactly what it's going to be like,

03:43but you just try to prepare that way.

03:45How did you feel the day after the game?

03:48And did you go back, when you went back and looked,

03:50did you think, okay, there's some spots where maybe I should take this hit?

03:54Or how did you sort of look at that kind of work?

03:59I felt like, you know, really just, you know,

04:01some of the sacks that I took were kind of the biggest ones hit-wise

04:04that I felt like I could have avoided.

04:07I felt like in the open field, a lot of them were on third down.

04:09So, you know, I'm not going to slide before the sticks.

04:11I'm going to try to get the first down.

04:13So, you know, I don't really regret any of those decisions that I made.

04:16What about the stiff arm at the end of the line?

04:18Yeah, maybe that's not the smartest of my throwing hand.

04:20So, you know, I didn't really like the way he was looking at me.

04:25What was your physical recovery like the last couple of days?

04:29Like how different was it compared to other weeks?

04:32I mean, I ran the ball a lot in college.

04:33So there was definitely times in college where my body, you know,

04:38felt it after games.

04:39And I think any time you're just, it's just football.

04:42So you're not always going to feel 100%, you know, after the game.

04:44But, you know, we have a really good training staff here.

04:46You know, we have a lot of, you know, assets that we can use to, you know,

04:51make sure our bodies are ready for next week.

04:53So, you know, these last few days have been, you know, really crucial for me

04:57and, you know, making sure that I'm on the right track

04:59and feeling 100% for Sunday.

05:01The tape on and the tights on, is that something you're just managing?

05:08Yeah, I mean, I always wear, you know, compression sleeves, you know,

05:11on my legs and whatnot.

05:12So, you know, that hasn't really changed anything.

05:15But, you know, I'll be good to go.

05:17What have the last few days been like for you just in life, you know,

05:20just after that game and a lot of focus on you and attention?

05:25How have you handled that?

05:26Yeah, it was good to, you know, have my family here.

05:28So, you know, it was fun to spend a little bit of time with them.

05:31Obviously, it's a better feeling walking out each week to a win.

05:36So, you know, I feel like that was good for the locker room and for the guys.

05:39But at the same time, it was just one game.

05:41So, we got a long season and that's just kind of how I view it.

05:45You know, don't make it anything bigger than what it is.

05:47It was just one game.

05:48And, you know, our mindset has to be to win every game that we play.

05:51So, how do you make it two games?

05:53Just, you know, have the same mindset, you know, each and every week.

05:56You know, we got to be able to have, you know, the competitive mindset,

05:59you know, to expect to win.

06:02And, you know, just try to create situations where, you know,

06:08maybe we face a little bit of adversity in practice and just go through that.

06:12But I think it's really just the habits that you try to create each and every day

06:15to, you know, build that momentum and being able to, you know,

06:20if you make a mistake, clean it up on the very next play and get things right.

06:23Jackson, some of the guys last week were saying, you know,

06:26just getting to know how you like to prepare for a game.

06:29And, you know, some of the receivers were talking about, you know,

06:31your calls that you called that night, hey, what do you think about this?

06:36I'm curious that after Sunday, did it kind of validate your preparation

06:41going into week two?

06:42Do you think that the guys now expect what they saw from you last week

06:46rather than wondering what they're going to get from you last week?

06:49Yeah, I think that it was just, you know,

06:51it was a good week for us to kind of get used to how, you know,

06:54everybody on the offensive side prepares and communicates with one another.

06:58And, you know, that's one thing that I really take, you know,

07:01accountability for is making sure that everybody's on the exact same page of

07:04really just trying to see the vision and see from my perspective

07:07and I want to see from their perspective.

07:09So it's constant communication throughout the day and just from watching film.

07:14And, you know, I think that, you know,

07:15we have a lot of really mature guys who prepare the right way.

07:19So, you know, it's definitely, you know,

07:22a good spot to be in when we can communicate.

07:23What's your relationship like with Theo and what kind of confidence do you have?

07:27Yeah, I love Theo.

07:29You know, he's a stud.

07:30He's a guy that comes to work every single day and, you know,

07:34works at his craft, you know, very diligently and consistently.

07:37So, you know, when you see a guy like that,

07:39you definitely have a ton of respect for him

07:40and we build a really good, you know,

07:41relationship off the field as well.

07:43So, you know, I'm just excited for him and I's, you know,

07:47relationship to continue to grow.

07:48And he's going to make a lot of really big plays for us this year.

07:51What was your phone like after the game?

07:54And, like, what have these last few days been like in handling all the other stuff

07:58that comes with it?

08:00I try to just stay off of it.

08:02Like I said, my parents were in town.

08:04And so I was able to just spend time with them.

08:07And I think that was really just my focus.

08:10And, you know, when you're a long way from home

08:13and you don't really get to see them a lot, it's good to have them.

08:16So I haven't really, you know, checked it that much, to be honest.

08:19Jackson, for you, how do you balance carrying over the momentum

08:22of the first win for the team into the next game

08:24with staying sharp and focused on the next game?

08:27Yeah, I mean, like I said, like it was just one game.

08:30You know, we have to, you know, our expectation and thought process

08:33is to win every game that we step in.

08:35So you can't make it anything bigger than what it is.

08:38And you've got to prepare the right way.

08:40And, you know, I think that's kind of been, you know,

08:43my message to everybody in the locker room.

08:45Like, you know, we've got to come to compete every single day.

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