fans are reeling on Wednesday, as quarterback Jaxson Darts season has been officially ended after needing surgery to repair multiple ligaments in his left knee after a brutal hit in Monday nights loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
While fans think about what the rest of the 2026 season will look like, OutKick host Craig Carton believes that it is “effectively and tangibly” at an end before their Week 3 contest against the , but he wanted to bring up a different issue when analyzing this all.
Carton believes the Giants hate their fan base â and Darts injury is proof of that in his eyes.
“The Giants hate you because theyre protecting information like its, I dont know, whats a good comparison? Theyre protecting information like its McCarthyism back in the day. Thats a leap, I know its a leap. But follow the bouncing ball. “
The bouncing ball for Carton begins with what ESPNs Laura Rutledge reported during the “Monday Night Football” broadcast, where the Rams defeated the Giants, 28-6, following Darts injury just seven plays into the game. Rutledge spoke with Giants GM Joe Schoen, who noted that Dart would be fine.
That obviously wasnt the case.
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“The Giants hate you because theyre protecting information like its, I dont know, whats a good comparison? Theyre protecting information like its McCarthyism back in the day. Thats a leap, I know its a leap. But follow the bouncing ball. “
The bouncing ball for Carton begins with what ESPNs Laura Rutledge reported during the “Monday Night Football” broadcast, where the Rams defeated the Giants, 28-6, following Darts injury just seven plays into the game. Rutledge spoke with Giants GM Joe Schoen, who noted that Dart would be fine.
“Joe Schoen, the general manager of the New York Giants, essentially tells a national football audience that hes fine. Jaxson Dart is fine. He might not come into this game, but the injury is nothing for Giants fans to be worried about,” Carton said. “OK, great. Fast forward, we hear after the game, were thinking three-to-five weeks, maybe four-to-six weeks, and that its a sprain of the MCL. Thats good news. That means that Jaxson didnt tear the ACL, theres no meniscus tear, and its a injury he can come back from and still play football this year. Then, we look at the Giants schedule and theoretically, the next couple of weeks not that bad.
“But heres the hubris of this particular Giants regime and its led by the capo himself, and that is Johnny Harbaugh. This is not a Mara thing. I dont even think its a Schoen thing as incompetent as Joe Schoen is and as wrong as he was about the injury update during the broadcast, and man oh man, he could not have been more wrong. He screwed the pooch on that one.”
When Giants fans, and the rest of football fans, found out that Darts injury was actually much more serious, Giants head coach John Harbaugh had just addressed the situation during his Tuesday press conference. He said he wanted to wait on further evaluations and wasnt clear about what Dart was dealing with.
Remember, this came after the initial belief that Dart would miss time with an MCL sprain, but it wouldnt be for the entire season.
Then, after Harbaughs press conference, NFL insiders began reporting that Dart is facing a much more serious injury and that losing him for the season was on the table.
“John Harbaugh decided that you, as a long-suffering Giants fan, the people that pay $100 to park at MetLife Stadium, the people that drop thousands and thousands of dollars on tickets and on the product, which has sucked, for the last decade, he decides to play Stalin with you. He decides you dont deserve information,” Carton added. “Thats a slap in the face to Giants fans when the report is out t
