The hits keep coming. For the New York Giants, they’re landing harder than a Green Bay blitz. In their first match under interim head coach Mike Kafka, the Giants have their work cut out for them. After rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered a concussion in Week 10, the writing was already on the wall. Now, the latest injury update is here. It’s not pretty.

“The Giants officially ruled out QB Jaxson Dart (concussion), WR Darius Slayton (hamstring), and OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (shoulder) for Sunday’s game vs. Green Bay,” NFL insider Tom Pelissero reported on X.

Add DL Chauncey Golston (neck) and OL Evan Neal (hamstring) to that list, and that’s five massive blows to the roster. All of them missed the week’s practices nursing their injuries, and now New York looks at even lower odds in Week 11 against the Green Bay Packers. But Dart’s absence cuts the deepest.

The 22-year-old first-round pick has been the centerpiece of New York’s midseason rebuild. Seven starts, a 62.7 percent completion rate, 1,417 yards for 10 touchdowns, and just three picks. Add 7 more scores on the ground and you understand just how pivotal he has been for the offense this season.

But he’s already taken 21 sacks, got checked out for concussions multiple times until one landed him on the protocol at last. He got knocked cold against the Chicago Bears in week 10. Took a while for him to get back up. The concussion looked serious.

Now Mike Kafka inherits a battered and bruised roster. No Dart. No Thibodeaux, one of the team’s best pass rushers. No Slayton to stretch the field. The Giants enter Sunday’s game with a total of 16 names on the injury report. That’s brutal.

Now Jaxson Dart navigates the concussion protocol and waits for his turn to lead under center again. In the meantime, the team has pivoted to a veteran who will make his first season appearance in Week 11: Jameis Winston.

Jaxson Dart out, enter Jameis Winston

Russell Wilson had failed to spark the offense with his uneven performance. While he showed occasional flashes, the losses kept piling up until he took up backup duties in favor of Jaxson Dart in Week 4. Since then, every time Dart has visited the blue medical tent, and after he was taken out of the game in Week 10, Russ got a chance. All the while, Jameis Winston has remained the emergency quarterback. Not anymore.

Winston gets his shot Sunday at MetLife Stadium. The decision surprised some who expected Russell Wilson to start. But Kafka made it clear on Wednesday, November 12, that Wilson is the backup, and Wilson is the starter.

Winston’s excited, and he brings the gunslinger mentality. Experience. Energy. But he’s walking into chaos. No Slayton, no Neal anchoring the line, a team averaging around 20 points per game. The Packers’ defense will be licking its chops.

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To be fair, this quarterback carousel reflects a bigger dysfunction. Kafka inherits a team that’s lost 33 of its last 44 games. Fourth-quarter leads blown like clockwork. Struggling to find any rhythm and barely scraping any wins.

Five ruled-out starters. A rookie quarterback is in concussion protocol. A Journeyman QB starting against a defense that features the talents of Micah Parsons. Sunday seems like a trial by fire for Kafka’s interim tenure. The Giants need to show signs of life. Anything. Because right now, it’s all falling apart.