Giants' Jaxson Dart takes huge hit from Patriots linebacker, sparking sideline skirmish

New York Giants rookie backmost Jaxson Dart was connected the receiving extremity of a monolithic deed arsenic helium scrambled successful the archetypal 4th against the New England Patriots.

Dart, connected the 2nd thrust of the game, ran to his close to flight the unit and was heading toward the first-down marker. Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss came implicit astatine afloat velocity and perfectly trucked Dart into his bench.

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New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart passes against the New England Patriots during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)

Giants choky extremity Theo Johnson got into Elliss’ look and sparked a little skirmish betwixt players. Giants halfway John Michael Schmitz Jr. was progressive successful the skirmish too.

NFL officials threw punishment flags during the fracas. Johnson was penalized for unnecessary roughness. Elliss avoided immoderate subject for the hit. The punishment moved the Giants backmost 15 yards and yet crushed the team’s momentum.

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New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart, left, is sacked by New England Patriots linebacker Harold Landry III (2) during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, successful Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)

Dart was playing successful his archetypal crippled since helium suffered a concussion 2 weeks agone against the Chicago Bears. He suffered the wounded connected a scramble.

He was asked earlier the Patriots’ crippled if helium needed to rethink astir his moving style.

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"I'm inactive getting utilized to this game," Dart said. "I'm getting utilized to the velocity of this level. In college, you tin ticker my tape, I precise seldom slid. But this is simply a antithetic beast. So, for me, I’ve got to beryllium evidently a small spot much liable erstwhile I'm successful the unfastened field. But I felt like, rather honestly, I was getting amended astatine it each and each week."

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