Giants are giving Jaxson Dart the Patrick Mahomes treatment ... but for how long?

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jaxson Dart's clip these days is spent mimicking the mode Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels runs oregon Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott executes his hard count. His existent occupation astatine New York Giants signifier is to run the scout team, successful betwixt digesting the constricted short-yardage bundle that manager Brian Daboll and adjunct caput manager and violative coordinator Mike Kafka person designed for him successful each of the archetypal 2 weeks of the NFL season.

These are conscionable immoderate of the things that support the rookie first-round backmost engaged since he's getting lone 1 oregon 2 first-team reps each week with seasoned Russell Wilson arsenic the starting quarterback. Dart's occupation entails staying aft signifier with third-string backmost Jameis Winston and a clump of the younger receivers (such arsenic Jalin Hyatt and Beaux Collins) and moving done the starters' signifier script.

Such is the beingness of a rookie backmost who the Giants person decided is amended to beryllium and larn down a veteran. It's the aforesaid attack the Chiefs took with Patrick Mahomes during his rookie year, a notable illustration fixed that Kafka was integral successful his development. Kafka was the Chiefs' quarterbacks manager and passing crippled coordinator during Mahomes rookie season.

Dart, who the Giants traded backmost into the archetypal circular to prime with the 25th prime retired of Ole Miss, served arsenic the backup to Wilson these past 2 weeks -- some losses to the Commanders and Cowboys. He got connected the tract for 3 snaps, each moving plays, successful Sunday's 40-37 nonaccomplishment to Dallas. This week, he'll unreal helium is Mahomes, moving the scout squad successful signifier arsenic the Giants (0-2) look for their archetypal triumph of the play successful their location opener against the Kansas City Chiefs (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC).

"It's amusive due to the fact that I'm capable to instrumentality clip to ticker those different quarterbacks astir the league and benignant of spot the things that they bash astatine a truly precocious level," Dart said.

Primarily, Dart's relation is to beryllium and larn down Wilson. The Giants similar to beryllium diligent and fto Dart develop. That's the penchant but could perchance beryllium derailed by necessity.

IT'S A SIMILAR concern to what Mahomes experienced during the 2017 season, erstwhile helium was a rookie backing up Alex Smith successful Kansas City. Kafka, a erstwhile NFL quarterback, was the violative prime power manager that play for the Chiefs. A ample portion of his duties was to show and negociate Mahomes' development.

Daboll, Kafka and Giants quarterbacks manager Shea Tierney are spending important clip this twelvemonth tutoring and processing Dart portion simultaneously playing to triumph with Wilson. It's 2 forces with conflicting agendas pulling astatine 1 another.

But they person a program for the rookie, with goals that Dart needs to deed earlier helium becomes the team's semipermanent starter, including the learning that comes from serving arsenic the No. 2 quarterback.

"He's got to spot the crippled done the quarterback's eyes connected the sideline. He's got to beryllium i...