Jaxson Dart eyes starting role as Geno Wilson backup

There are 11 much games played successful the 2nd week of the NFL preseason. Two newcomers stood retired successful particular; New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart and Las Vegas Raiders moving backmost Ashton Gentry.

Dart impressed again; this clip successful a 31:12 triumph implicit the New York Jets. The first-round prime successful peculiar showed his imaginable arsenic helium led 2 consecutive touchdown drives aboriginal successful the 2nd half. In the archetypal drive, helium completed 5 of 6 passes for 62 yards, and ended the possession with a 20-yard touchdown walk to choky extremity Greg Dulich. The adjacent thrust ended with a one-yard touchdown run.

The rookie backmost finished the lucifer with 14 completed passes retired of 16 attempts, for 137 yards, 1 touchdown walk and 1 touchdown run, and helium was besides fantabulous successful his debut against the Buffalo Bills.

Although Russell Wilson led the archetypal rushing onslaught that ended with a touchdown, Dart could instrumentality implicit the starting relation earlier than primitively expected.

Ashton Gentry's statistical output: 7 carries for 33 yards

Running backmost Ashton Gentry's statistical output isn't arsenic awesome arsenic Dart's, but the choky extremity who excelled successful assemblage astatine Boise State impressed coaches and teammates. 

He recorded 7 carries for 33 yards successful a 22:19 nonaccomplishment to the San Francisco 49ers, and his tally erstwhile helium "shaked" the cornerback of the opposing Lenoar squad astatine the extremity of the archetypal 4th was particularly notable. He besides scored 1 touchdown aft a agelong run.

Gentry made specified a drastic betterment from his debut erstwhile helium had antagonistic yardage.

"I get excited erstwhile I spot Gentry run," Raiders backmost Geno Smith said, adding:

- "He goes done people, helium doesn't tally distant from contact. He volition beryllium a peculiar player."

Gentry is causing the excitement of the full NFL public, who expect adjacent amended from him successful the future.