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Jaxson Dart in danger of missing remainder of NFL season after suffering knee injury

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New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart could miss the rest of the NFL season after a knee injury suffered against the Los Angeles Rams was worse than initially feared, multiple US media reported on Tuesday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dart-jaxson/6XThYxRe/"]Dart[/a], 23, exited the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-giants/lIrBvlxF/"]Giants[/a]' [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/football/los-angeles-rams-z7hZioyR/new-york-giants-lIrBvlxF/?mid=URBxt4Hr"]28-6 loss[/a] to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-rams/z7hZioyR/"]Rams[/a] on Monday after his left knee buckled awkwardly following a double tackle by Los Angeles defenders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stewart-kobe/lSg7kBKt/"]Josaiah Stewart[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-byron/trndWDit/"]Byron Young[/a].[/p][p]Initial reports said Dart had escaped serious injury and only suffered sprained knee ligaments, with coach John Harbaugh saying the quarterback had avoided a "devastating outcome."[/p][p]However ESPN and The Athletic, citing unidentified team sources, reported Tuesday that further evaluation indicated a serious injury which could sideline Dart for the remainder of the season.[/p][p]Asked to comment on the reports on Tuesday, Giants coach Harbaugh said only that "evaluations are ongoing."[/p][p]"[b]We haven't got any final decisions yet,[/b]" Harbaugh said. "[b]We've learned a lot more. I wouldn't really want to share too much until until decisions get made. That takes more than one person.[/b][/p][p]"[b]So when we know what direction we're going to have to go or or whatever it might be, we'll announce that. But we don't have that yet[/b]."[/p][embed guid="114dbfa9-41b9-42c0-a64e-829041e27e6a" url="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/2102467323315560526?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Dart's injury is one of several to have struck down NFL quarterbacks in the opening two weeks of the season.[/p][p]On Sunday, Washington Commanders quarterback [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/daniels-jayden/2u0bLoZ1/"]Jayden Daniels[/a] suffered an elbow injury in his team's loss to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-cowboys/S8sFw8iL/"]Dallas Cowboys[/a] while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-bears/2clovUM8/"]Chicago Bears[/a] star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-caleb/pGlNqwYn/"]Caleb Williams[/a] was also injured in a loss to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-vikings/IsfjpsbD/"]Minnesota Vikings[/a].[/p][p]Williams' back-up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bagent-tyson/CKcjgX4Q/"]Tyson Bagent[/a] is also facing a potential spell on the sidelines after being placed in the concussion protocol on Sunday.[/p][p]In week one, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/seattle-seahawks/f5h1oOee/"]Seattle Seahawks[/a] quarterback [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/darnold-sam/zykWdDh4/"]Sam Darnold[/a] suffered a glute injury while Minnesota's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/murray-kyler/8Y4dibci/"]Kyler Murray[/a] suffered a concussion.[/p]

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