Why a Giants trade for Joe Flacco in wake of Jaxson Dart injury makes sense...and why it doesn't
CBS Sports floated a potential Giants trade for Joe Flacco after Jaxson Dart was ruled out for the year, with Jameis Winston currently in line to start in New York. No deal has been reported as agreed.
With Jaxson Dart out for the year, New York turns to Jameis Winston, but a reunion between John Harbaugh and his former Super Bowl MVP could make plenty of sense
Sharp take
Sharp SixFadeDart is out for the season, so he is a drop in every 12-team format regardless of what happens next at the position. The Flacco angle is a columnist's thought experiment, not a transaction, and Flacco has scored 0.0 FFPC points in each of the last two weeks anyway. Winston is the actual starter and he is on zero rosters, which is roughly where a 38.5-point total with a 3.0-point spread belongs. Cut Dart and move on. Leave Winston and Flacco alone unless your quarterback room has genuinely collapsed.
Speculative — this reads ahead of what the source reported.
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Our read on CBS Sports NFL’s reporting. Not a fact beyond the source.
Players: Joe Flacco, Jaxson Dart, Cade York, Jameis Winston, Rysen John
Teams: New York Giants