ESPN: Dart's knee injury also includes PCL damage, per Schefter
Adam Schefter's sourcing adds PCL damage to Dart's already-reported meniscus and MCL injury. NFL.com and CBS Sports relayed the report; neither did independent reporting on it.
Jaxson Dart's season-ending knee injury also includes damage to his posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), in addition to previously reported meniscus and MCL damage, ESPN's Jordan Raanan reported Wednesday.
Dart's ACL is intact, but sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and ESPN's Adam Schefter that the quarterback has meniscus and MCL damage requiring surgery, Raanan wrote. Sources also told Schefter that Dart has PCL damage. In a post on X quote-tweeting Rapoport, Schefter wrote: "Jaxson Dart suffered damage to his MCL, PCL and meniscus, per sources. The meniscus is the main issue."
The detail adds specificity to reporting GiantsGator has already covered. Rapoport and Mike Garafolo confirmed Wednesday that Dart is out for the season and will have surgery, with his ACL intact, but neither report specified which other structures were affected. A day earlier, GiantsGator reported that no outlet had yet specified the affected structure, after Giants coach John Harbaugh said Monday only that the injury was "in the neighborhood" of a sprained MCL.
NFL.com and CBS Sports both reported the meniscus, MCL and PCL damage Wednesday, each citing ESPN's reporting rather than independent sourcing.
Surgery to repair a torn meniscus and MCL typically carries about a six-month recovery timeline, Raanan reported; an ACL tear would have meant at least nine months. Harbaugh has not ruled out a Dart return this season if the Giants reach the playoffs, and a source told ESPN that surgery was expected "relatively soon." Harbaugh has not commented specifically on the PCL finding.