One game into the 2025 NFL Preseason, Jaxson Dart looks comfortable in a New York Giants jersey. That doesn't come as a surprise, considering Dart's mentality leading up to the matchup. "Football is football," Dart told reporters just days before his first preseason battle.

The Wilson news sent a message to the locker room that there are no layups, even in the exhibition season, and for a team that struggled early each of the past two seasons, especially last year in a three-win campaign, forcing the issue in order to set a psychological and physical tone was significant, and the reality was rewarding.