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Cue the heart-eye emojis.
Jaxson Dart dazzled Giants fans Monday when he showed off his impressive arm strength in a new Instagram video.
In the blink-and-you ‘ll-miss-it clip featured in Dart’s recent photo carousel, the rookie Giants quarterback, 22, can be seen hurling the football to his target on a jet ski, who failed to corral the pass.
Even with the drop, Giants fans salivated over the sight and spelled out their hopes in black and white.
“Jaxson please save our franchise,” one Instagram user commented.
“Jaxson please be the answer. As a kid I grew up with Eli [Manning]. My son Eli, has you,” another wrote.
One fan then made it clear the countdown to September is officially on.
“Let’s get the season started already!!” the user exclaimed.
The Giants overhauled their quarterbacks’ room following a disastrous 3-14 campaign that saw starter Daniel Jones released in November, just two seasons into his four-year, $160 million contract extension.
The team signed veteran QBs Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston in free agency before taking Dart 25th overall out of Ole Miss in the 2025 NFL Draft in April.
Wilson, 36, who spent last season in Pittsburgh, is expected to be the starter.
Both Wilson and Winston, 31, have embraced leadership roles with the Giants, with Wilson bringing teammates together at a passing camp in San Diego this month, and Winston, a former first-round pick with the Buccaneers, acting as a mentor of sorts.
“What I can do is come to work with the intention to get better every single day. Not concerning myself with the room, [but] seeing how I can serve the room,” Winston said last month. “My job is to be the best Jameis Winston that I can be. And Jameis Winston incorporates being a leader, peppering the young buck, learning things from the older veterans, assisting the older veterans, learning from the three-year quarterback [Tommy DeVito] that’s been in this room.”
Dart will get the opportunity to build off a promising spring program when rookies report to training camp Tuesday.
The Giants open the regular season on the road against the Commanders on Sept. 7.
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