Ex-Giants QB says team ‘did the right thing’ with current QB decision

“Did they have to play him [Dart] this week? Yes. They had to,” Simms told Adam Schein this week on Sirius XM Radio. “I’m sitting at home watching the Kansas City game, I see all the empty seats. … Owners can do a couple things. They can count to 11. I learned this from Bill Parcells. In other words, you better have 11 people on the field at all times and don’t have nine or 10 [and] have to call a time out because that. But they know empty seats too. And you gotta listen to the public sometimes. When they don’t show up that’s a big deal.”

“I was around a lot of owners doing games all the years. But I would say the Maras are right there, they’d be tied with some other ones that, number one, they care so much about the fans,” Simms said. “It’s one of the first things that comes outta their mouth when they talk about their football team.”

“I hear all the people talking… ‘Well, they need to sit him for the whole year. He shouldn’t play until week 10.’ That is nuts,” Simms told Schein. “I thought Jaxson Dart would sit on the sidelines for maybe four or five games. You stand over there, Adam, I was one of these guys. I was just a fan the first game or two, like, ‘yeah, this is pretty cool,’ being on the sideline and watching the game. And then week three, I remember looking out there going, ‘you know, I can do this.’ And then by week four you’re like, ‘shoot, when are they gonna play me?’ And I’m sure Jaxson Dart is kind of in that same mold. “

“First off, I saw him at training camp quite a few days. He is a big dude. He can run. That was the one thing that finally probably swayed me on him before the draft. I just kept watching him. And I knew the Giants really liked him. Brian Daboll, this was his guy. He got his guy,” Simms said. “And at training camp, I saw him have the first day, I went, ‘Ooh no, he did not have a good day today.’ But every time after that, he wasn’t good, he was like really good every day. Threw it awesome, good decisions, everything like that.

“He’s sneaky really good running the football. … I’ve underrated his ability to run up the middle and to gain yards and get it fast. And the other thing is he’s a big dude, man. He’s big, thick, he can take punishment and he can deliver it, too. So I’m excited for the Giants. They did the right thing making this decision.”

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