Jaxson Dart OUT for the season: The New York Giants HATE their fan base | The Craig Carton Show What was originally believed to be a multi-week minor sprain of the MCL has completely derailed the New York Giants’ season, leaving the fan base reeling after head coach John Harbaugh’s upbeat press conference blew up in their faces. Tune in for Craig Carton’s unfiltered breakdown on how the Giants ruined the injury narrative and where the franchise goes from here. When New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered a season-ending knee injury this week, we knew there would be two reactions from the overwhelmingly liberal sports media. First, they would ask the Giants to sign Colin Kaepernick. They do it every time an NFL team loses a quarterback, even though Kaepernick hasn’t played professional football in a decade. Second, Dart’s injury would be mocked because he made headlines in May by introducing President Donald Trump at an event in New York City. Both reactions materialized almost immediately. New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart and President Donald Trump shake hands during an event inside Eugene Levy Fieldhouse at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY, on Friday, May 22, 2026. Trump spoke about his economic achievements in the congressional district represented by Rep. Mike Lawler, who is running for re-election in one of the most closely watched congressional races in the November midterm elections. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)DAN LE BATARD DEMANDS THAT THE MEDIA MAKE JAXSON DART ‘UNCOMFORTABLE’ FOR INTRODUCING TRUMP Sports blogger Mike Florio was the first to urge the Giants to sign Kaepernick. Elsewhere, the usual suspects framed Dart’s injury as political karma. “The media says the ‘Trump curse’ has struck again,” HuffPost wrote in an article referring to Dart as a “Trump admirer.” “Trump’s damn curse strikes again,” Tara Setmayer, former GOP Capitol Hill communications director and CNN commentator, wrote of Dart’s injury in X. Film and television critic John Rocha shared a photo of Trump and Dart’s interaction. writing: “Everything he touches, all of you. Everything he touches…” Ron Filipkowski, the partisan editor of the anti-Trump outlet MeidasTouch, claimed he had predicted Dart’s injury after the quarterback appeared with Trump. “This was the moment I decided not to draft Dart in fantasy football. He didn’t stand a chance this season after the Trump Curse,” he wrote above a clip of Dart and Trump. Jaxson Dart #6 of the New York Giants leaves the field after a play against the Los Angeles Rams during the first quarter of the game at SoFi Stadium on September 21, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) (Harry How/Getty Images)THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW: UNFILTERED, UNAPPOLOGIZED AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD YOUR DAILY PODCAST NOW! Other media outlets adopted a similar tone. “Jaxson Dart’s injury reignites the possibility of a Trump sports curse,” USA Today joked. The people who make these jokes will insist that they are harmless. Maybe some of them believe that. But they know exactly what they are doing and how their majority anti-Trump audience will respond. Check out the comments in The Athletic’s report on Dart’s season-ending injury. The comments section resembles a fringe political message board, with readers celebrating the injury, asking if Dart is “empty,” and claiming that he deserves it because he supported Trump. Interestingly, we don’t know if Dart is a Trump supporter. Yes, he introduced Trump at an event. But featuring the sitting president is not, at first glance, a political statement. The event also took place in the city where Dart plays quarterback. For all we know, Dart would have accepted the same opportunity if a Democrat were in the White House. Despite what the mainstream media says, some Americans would welcome the opportunity to associate themselves with the president regardless of their political views. In fact, we suspect that most Americans fall into that category. President Donald Trump is greeted by New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart before delivering a speech about the economy at the Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. Trump is the first sitting president to visit the northern suburbs of New York City since Gerald Ford in 1976. (AFP via Getty Images) That said, we can probably deduce that Dart doesn’t consider Trump a Nazi. And that’s enough for some in the media to call him “MAGA” and make fun of his injury. There is a trend. In 2020, then-ESPN commentator Mark Jones shared posts mocking 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa after Bosa suffered a serious knee injury. Posts referred to Bosa as “MAGA Bosa” and said he deserved to suffer the injury because he stood during the national anthem. Three years later, former ESPN host Keith Olbermann celebrated when Aaron Rodgers ruptured his Achilles tendon in the opening minutes of the Jets’ season. “Another #SuddenLisfranc due to lack of vaccination,” Olbermann posted on This type of behavior reflects how many Americans who suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) react when something terrible happens to a Trump voter or someone who does not express open disdain for the president. They truly believe that anyone who doesn’t hate Trump as deeply as they do is unworthy and deserves to be punished. Sticking with sports commentators, Jemele Hill immediately denounced Charlie Kirk as a racist days after his murder. Of course, sports injuries are not as serious as death. But they matter. Professional athletes have short careers. Serious injuries can derail them, and the consequences are not merely physical. Serious injuries can also take a mental toll. And yet, liberal sports fans and media figures abandon common decency every time an injury allows them to score cheap political points. OUTKICK IS NOW ON THE FOX APP – CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Notice that no such mockery or celebration ensues when one of the many athletes who openly promote left-wing politics suffers an injury. Only one side openly celebrates injuries in sports. Bobby Burack is a writer for OutKick.
