Former Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart is making his NFL debut for the New York Giants later today against the Buffalo Bills.
Dart could have turned to anyone for advice, but he decided to turn to Bills' quarterback and current NFL MVP Josh Allen.
"He's been somebody who I've really looked up to and since coming here, just watching a ton of his tape and how he was able to operate Coach Dabs' system," Dart said via the Giants website. "It's going to be kind of a surreal feeling to be on the same field as him."
Head coach Brian Daboll used to be Allen’s offensive coordinator with the Bills before taking over the Giants.
Daboll’s system at times has been called difficult to run so it would not only natural but smart for Dart to seek advice from someone who has worked in the system before him.
"This is the only NFL offense I can really compare it to, so it's all that I know of at this moment," Dart said. "You hear people say that, but I think that when you're kind of able to get the base fundamentals of it down, then you're able to just obviously grow your knowledge and what not. There's been long nights of just studying and sitting in my room and just trying to get it down. I'm excited for the future."
So what kind of advice did Allen offer Dart? Be a good leader
"He talked a lot about leadership," Dart said. "That was kind of like his main thing and then trying to be the best teammate for the guys around you because as a quarterback, you have to raise the standards of everybody. Obviously, schematics, I think that what shows up on Coach Dabs' record is being able to coach many different quarterbacks who have different skill sets and kind of molding offenses around what they're good at, so kind of just hone in on the key details of Coach Dabs' offense and really trust it. I think, at times, maybe quarterbacks will predetermine things and not really trust the system, but the special thing about Coach Dabs is he gives us a ton of freedom, so there's answers to everything that you can really think of."
The Giants hope that Dart will take Allen’s advice to heart.
