Giants make their Russell Wilson-Jaxson Dart decision for Week 2

The Russell Wilson Era with the Giants will last at least two starts.

After he left the door to making a quarterback change slightly ajar in the aftermath of a surprising season-opening dud, head coach Brian Daboll revealed Monday that Wilson will start Sunday against the Cowboys in a virtual must-win on the road.

It seems like a no-brainer considering that the Giants committed to Wilson, 36, as their starter in March — before the team ever practiced or finalized its draft plans — in conjunction with signing the 10-time Pro Bowler to a one-year, $10.5 million free-agent contract.

And then the Giants spent the next six months publicly and privately praising Wilson’s leadership — he is a co-captain — as well as his on-field performance in training camp.

But all bets could be off if the Giants start 0-2 with rookie first-round pick Jaxson Dart waiting in the wings after beating out veteran Jameis Winston in camp to be the No. 2 quarterback.

Remember, the Giants benched Eli Manning — a franchise icon — after an 0-2 start to go with rookie first-round pick Daniel Jones in 2019. If owner John Mara signed off on that decision, it’s hard to imagine he would stand in the way of replacing the rental Wilson with Dart if that’s what Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen wanted.

Especially with a primetime home-opener against the AFC champion Chiefs and a potentially restless crowd awaiting in Week 3.

Wilson’s future was not supposed to be uncertain this soon, but the offense was that bad in a 21-6 loss to the Commanders. He was 17 of 37 for 168 yards and kept bailing from the pocket as if shaken by two sacks and eight hits.

“We’re going to get home and look at our game,” Daboll said after the game when asked if he would consider starting Dart next week.

Daboll did absolve Wilson of shouldering all the blame when other parts of the team were just as ineffective.

“This game isn’t on Russell Wilson,” Daboll said. “It’s not on Russell Wilson. Let me make that clear. I have confidence in Russ. We have to do a better job all the way around.”