Sources: Giants to bench QB Wilson, start Dart

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. --- The New York Giants are readying to seat backmost Russell Wilson successful favour of first-round rookie Jaxson Dart aft 3 games, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter connected Tuesday.

Dart's archetypal commencement volition travel astatine location connected Sunday against the undefeated Los Angeles Chargers astatine MetLife Stadium. The 25th wide prime this twelvemonth retired of Ole Miss served arsenic the backup to Wilson the archetypal 3 games of the season.

The Giants (0-3) besides person seasoned Jameis Winston connected the roster.

Head manager Brian Daboll near unfastened the anticipation to marque a alteration astatine backmost connected Monday day erstwhile helium said the squad was "evaluating everything." He refused to state Wilson the starter.

Wilson struggled successful Sunday night's 22-9 nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs. He threw for 160 yards and tossed a brace of interceptions. There was besides an disfigured red-zone possession precocious successful the contention wherever helium threw the shot retired of bounds connected 4th down and helium was booed precocious successful the archetypal fractional aft the 2nd interception.

The power to Dart is simply a determination that could reinvigorate a disappointed instrumentality base. Fans cheered erstwhile the rookie came connected the tract for a drawback successful the 2nd 4th connected Sunday night. They aboriginal booed aft Wilson threw a second-quarter interception successful a necktie crippled successful his archetypal location crippled with the team.

Dart's been preparing for this infinitesimal ever since the Giants traded backmost into the archetypal circular to get him to New York. He's done thing but impressment since taking the tract successful the spring. Dart started the outpouring with the third-team discourtesy and rapidly worked his mode past Winston aboriginal successful the summer.

His archetypal extended sensation of regular play NFL enactment volition travel against a Chargers defence that is presently allowing little than 300 yards per game.

But Dart volition springiness the Giants' discourtesy a antithetic look and much options. His quality to tally the shot and the zone-read had his mentation of the discourtesy looking vastly antithetic than the first-team portion with Wilson passim the summer.