"Jameis Winston is getting traded": NFL fans react as Jaxson Dart gets named Russell Wilson's backup

With the NFL Week 1 games approaching the New York Giants released the quarterback depth chart for their season opener on Tuesday. Russell Wilson got the starting role with Jason Dart as his backup.

Wilson and Dart were expected to fight for the starting role while veteran quarterback Jameis Winston will be QB3 on the depth chart. Winston was the QB2 on the team's first unofficial depth chart behind Wilson during camp.

NFL fans reacted to the NFL 2025 first-round pick getting placed ahead of Winston on the Giants' depth chart.

"Jameis is getting traded."

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"Jamesis Winston should go be a backup for someone like Joe burrow."

"Winston gotta retire man."

Several fans claimed Jaxon Dart will be the QB1 as the season progresses.

"Jaxson will prob be starting by Week 9."

"He will end up with the starting job this year. Wilson ain’t that good."

"He will start this year."

Jaxon Dart, who was selected with the No. 25 pick in the first round of the 2025 draft, played three preseason games and completed 32/47 passes for 372 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.

The Giants roped in Jameis Winston in the offseason as a potential backup to Russell Wilson with Dart in the mix.

Former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum feels Jaxon Dart should be QB1 over Russell Wilson

While Russell Wilson has been an elite quarterback for more than a decade, former New York Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum feels the veteran is nearing the end of his career.

“Russell Wilson, to me, is an athletically diminished player. He was sacked at a rate 31% above the league average. So is it going to be perfect from Day 1? Absolutely not.

He will make mistakes. But a young, ascending Jaxson Dart is what the New York Giant franchise needs because that’ll make them better in November and December. Russell Wilson, who’s had a good career, is clearly closer to the end.”

Wilson signed a one-year, $10.5 million deal in the offseason in March and was widely expected to be the Giants' starting quarterback for the 2025 season.

About the author

Chaitanya Prakash is an editor who covers US Sports at Sportskeeda. His first brush with sportswriting was in 2012 when the greatest football manager of all time, Sir Alex Ferguson, bid farewell to the beautiful game.

Although having started out professionally as a cricket writer in 2022, Chaitanya's curiosity and indiscriminate interest in all sports in general eventually introduced him to America's favorite pastime.

While Chaitanya's favorite player from the current crop is the dynamic Venezuelan Ronald Acuna Jr., his all-time favorite, however, is Pedro Martinez, for his self-belief and consistency. He also rates Jose Bautista's iconic bat flip in 2015 as his favorite moment in baseball history.

Chaitanya specializes in reporting on technical aspects of the game or analyzing patterns behind specific plays. He also likes pondering over players' self-assessments following the conclusion of a game as it helps him get an idea of how they think about the sport in general.

When not cheering for his favorites across sports, Chaitanya likes being transported to the past through a good war documentary or a historical documentary in general.

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Edited by Chaitanya Prakash