EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants will play fifteen games without their starting quarterback, and the front office has, on the record, described the plan as a plan, which is the word a team uses for a season that has, in the specific, become a question, and the question, in the specific, is, on the record, the plan.

Quarterback Jaxson Dart will miss the rest of the season after surgery on his left knee, a knee that, per the team, sustained damage to the MCL and the meniscus, which is the two-part injury a body gives when the body is, in the specific, leaving, and the leaving, in the specific, is, on the record, the season.

The Giants’ answer is Jameis Winston, a 32-year-old quarterback who has, in the specific, been a Giant since before he was a Giant, and who was, in the specific, given a contract extension two weeks ago, which is the two-part answer a team gives when the answer is also a man who is, in the specific, 32.

"Fifteen games is a number. A quarterback is a man. The team has, on the record, a number and a man, and the man, in the specific, is the number's man." That line is from a Giants analyst who has been covering the franchise for a career and who described the situation as "a plan," which is the phrase the industry uses for a team that has, in the specific, a quarterback, and that the quarterback, in the specific, is, on the record, the plan. Winston, who has not been a full-time starter since 2019, says he is confident and ready to lead the team, which is the three-part answer a man gives when the man is, in the specific, the answer, and the answer, in the specific, is, on the record, the man. For the team, which has, in the specific, lost its starter in the third week, the injury restores a status the front office describes as depth and that the schedule describes as fifteen games, which is why, when the news broke, the question on everyone's mind was not whether the quarterback would start but whether the quarterback would, in the specific, be the quarterback. A coach, asked about the plan, said the team was "confident," which is the way a coach describes a team that has, in the specific, a man, and the man, in the specific, is, on the record, the confidence.

THE PLAN, IN THE TEAM'S OWN WORDS

  • The games: Fifteen. The number, in the specific, is the number of games without the starter, and the starter, in the specific, is the number of games.
  • The injury: MCL and meniscus. The two-part answer the knee gives when the knee, in the specific, is leaving the season.
  • The man: Jameis Winston, 32. The age, in the specific, is the age of the answer, and the answer, in the specific, is, on the record, the age.
  • The confidence: "Confident." The word, in the specific, is the word the coach uses for the plan, and the plan, in the specific, is, on the record, the word.
The schedule, for its part, appears to be on the record. The fifteen games, in the specific, are scheduled, the man, in the specific, is ready, and the team, in the specific, is confident, which is the three-part answer the season gives when the season is, in the specific, also a plan. At press time, the starter was, in the specific, under the knife, the man was, in the specific, on the field, and the team was, in the specific, confident, which is the word the team uses for a season that, on the record, is, in the specific, fifteen games.