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Jaxson Dart is turning heads at Giants camp, and not just with his arm. After a rough two thousand twenty five season that saw him duck in and out of the medical tent and miss two games with a concussion, Dart has been making a conscious effort to protect himself, sliding and getting out of bounds rather than absorbing punishment. That drew genuine applause from the Giants defense and even caught the eye of Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, who was on hand for joint practices.
Speaking of Harbaugh and the Giants, his candid take on New York's renovated training facility is making the rounds. The longtime Ravens coach took one look at the upgraded Quest Diagnostics Training Center and quipped it was, quote, not the Taj Mahal. Understated? Sure. But the comment went viral almost instantly, and the Giants are probably just happy to finally be inside the thing after delays pushed back their camp access.
And shifting to the gridiron with a different kind of story, Texas Tech defensive tackle Mateen Ibirogba is drawing attention for what shaped him before football took over. Growing up in Clarksburg, Maryland, Ibirogba played lacrosse, crediting the sport with building his leverage, lateral quickness, and hand-eye coordination. A defender with a stick who became a defender in the trenches.
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