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RUSSELL WILSON
It didn’t take long for Giants coach Brian Daboll to name his starting quarterback for 2025. One day into training camp and Daboll made it clear that there won’t be a quarterback competition, declaring veteran and Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson as QB1.
“These guys will be out here competing but Russ is our starter,” Daboll said.
This means Tommy DeVito, offseason signing Jameis Winston and 2025 first-round pick Jaxson Dart will compete for the remainder of the quarterback slots on the depth chart.
Wilson is on his third team in three years, playing for the Steelers in 2024 and the Broncos from 2022-23.In Pittsburgh, Wilson won six of his first seven starts, taking over for Justin Fields in Week 7, then lost his next five.Wilson started his career going 104-53-1 with the Seahawks, but after 10 years of success, has hit a rocky patch, going 17-24 in the last three seasons.
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NFL VETERANS WITH A LOT TO PROVE
Immediate success is hard to obtain in the NFL, but these days, it’s something many teams and fans demand. For some players, that extra added pressure can be a good thing and for others the criticisms of the modern day microscope is too much to handle and it backfires.
There are many players heading into the 2025 season with a lot to prove over have high expectations, a team putting a lot of stake in them or because they’re getting their last chance to, well, do something … anything.
Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is the player with…
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