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In focus Saturday: Jaxson Dart absorbed a safety blitz from the Minnesota Vikings, lay motionless long enough to draw the Giants' full medical staff onto the field, cleared a concussion evaluation in the blue sideline tent, and returned to throw a 15-yard touchdown pass.
Saturday's was his sixth such evaluation since joining New York: five came during his 2025 rookie season, one came back confirmed, and he missed two games as a result.
Dart entered this preseason with 146 hits across 12 rookie starts, by some counts. Running back Tyrone Tracy was responsible for picking up the blitz by Ward on Saturday and did not.
Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores runs heavy blitz packages as a professional habit, and Saturday he ran them early and often against New York's first-team offense.
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