Jameis Winston's Week 3 start for the Giants against the Titans could have much larger implications than just a win or a loss. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo, how Winston plays Sunday could determine how New York pursues adding another quarterback, if at all, in the wake of Jaxson Dart's season-ending knee injury. At the very least, they're expected to cast a wide net.
Among the options reportedly on the table are ... Currently, New York has just Winston and Jake Haener on the active roster, with no quarterback on the practice squad. The Giants had a terrific Week 1, with Dart playing efficient, clean football and the defense making its mark in a 28-20 win over the Cowboys.
But Dart hurt his knee early in Week 2 against the Rams, and Los Angeles cruised to a 28-6 win. Initially, Dart's prognosis was encouraging, but tests quickly showed that it was a much more serious injury: MCL, PCL and meniscus damage, with the meniscus requiring surgery. The development certainly dampened what had been an encouraging start, and Sunday's game, which is going to be played in awful conditions, looms large for multiple reasons.
Here's how we'd rank the Giants' options at the game's most important position. This is not a reflection on Mac Jones the player. It's entirely about what it would cost to get him — plus the fact that Kyle Shanahan has said multiple times he wants Jones on his roster.
Jones played well in Brock Purdy's stead last year, and the 49ers' only other quarterback is Kurtis Rourke, a 2025 seventh-rounder who has not played a single snap. The 49ers, who have playoff (and more) aspirations, have zero reason to move Jones. But if they somehow did, there are still reasons for doubt.
Jones has been solid under Shanahan but struggled pretty much everywhere else since his rookie year. From 2023-25 (his second and third years with the Patriots plus one year with the Jaguars) he ranked 36th out of 36 qualifying quarterbacks — dead last — in touchdown-to-interception ratio, and he wasn't great in other statistical categories, either. Simply put, the 49ers appear unlikely to move Jones unless it's for an outsized (and, from the Giants' perspective, irresponsible) return.
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