It was as if 80,000-plus Giants fans wanted to block for Jaxson Dart, wanted to lift him on their shoulders following a touchdown pass or first-down scramble, wanted to will him past the Chargers every baby step of the way. 

This was the New York Jaxson Dart had imagined, the dream stage he has always craved, Giants Nation turning their lonely eyes to you, Jaxson Dart … his first chance to light a fire under a burnt-down franchise desperate for a better today and a better tomorrow … to replace hopelessness with hope. 

There is nothing more infectious for a football team than when its quarterback is a stone-cold fighter, and it was there for all to see at MetLife Stadium, his offensive linemen and defensive linemen in particular magically playing with the kind of verve and joy and hunger they undoubtedly remember playing with in their first NFL starts, every single Giant rallying around their Quarterback of the Present and Future with every single Giants fan. 

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A season left for dead now with new life, lifted to 1-3 and awakened by Jaxson Dart.