Abdul Carter and Jaxson Dart are the biggest draws
The New York Giants 2025 training camp is almost here — it opens Wednesday, July 23rd.
This year has already been an active one for the Giants, and there’s a feeling that the team is on the precipice of something. The hope is that they’ve set the stage to shock the NFL world, or at least right the ship and get the franchise moving in a positive direction.
If this team is going to be consistently competitive for years to come, it will be because of their young first rounders. So with that in mind, we asked you which of the Giants’ last four first rounders you were most excited to see in camp, Abdul Carter, Jaxson Dart, Malik Nabers, or Deonte Banks.
It probably shouldn’t have been too surprising that Carter and Dart ran away with it.
I’ll admit that I was expecting these two guys to lead the voting, though I’m not sure I was expecting them to take a combined 88 percent of the vote.
It makes all the sense in the world that fans are hyped for Carter and Dart. After all, they’re headlining the newest crop of Giants and they’re the hope for the future. The Giants’ work in the 2025 NFL Draft was widely praised, and that’s due in large part to the team securing those two players.
Drafting Carter was widely heralded as the “smart move” for Joe Schoen. Likewise, only sacrificing the 99th pick and a future 3rd to turn the 34th pick into the 25th for Jaxson Dart was viewed as a master stroke.
Fans — and the team — are hoping that Carter can be a similar type of talent as Von Miller or Micah Parsons.
Dart, meanwhile, is “The Guy” for Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen. One of the biggest reasons Schoen and Daboll were hired was their respective roles in identifying and drafting Josh Allen with the Bills. Dart represents their chance — maybe their only chance — to draft a quarterback of their own. Daboll is, by all accounts, incredibly excited for his young passer, and fans likely want to see if he can live up to the hype.
On the flip side, it’s a bit surprising that Banks and Nabers didn’t make it closer. Nabers is a budding star, who could take his game to the next level with Russell Wilson. Banks hasn’t lived up to his draft pedigree, but he could also be the lynch pin for the defense. Banks playing up to his potential would prevent opposing quarterbacks from finding any easy answers in the Giants secondary, and allow the pass rush to really wreak havoc.
But still, Nabers and Banks are known quantities, while Dart and Carter are the exciting new kids. The best part is that we’ll get to see all of them in action soon enough.
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