Veteran quarterback Russell Wilson was 17-of-37 passing with 168 yards and 44 rushing yards on eight attempts in his Giants debut, New York's 21-6 loss at the Washington Commanders to open Big Blue's 2025 NFL season, but fourth-year coach Brian Daboll "did not" consider entering rookie Jaxson Dart at any point of Sunday's Week 1 game.

"I've got confidence in Russ," Daboll said. "So, we're going to go back. We'll evaluate the tape. This game isn't on Russell Wilson. It's not on Russell Wilson. I want to make that clear. So, I have confidence in Russ. We've got to do a better job -- all the way around."

Daboll and his staff "prepared a package of plays for" Dart "in the game plan" ahead of the opener at Washington (1-0), according to NFL Media, but the Giants (0-1) ultimately did not play their first-round pick. They failed to reach the end zone, totaling 231 yards and settling for two field goals.

"That wasn't necessarily the plan this week or anything like that," Wilson said of the reported package for Dart. "I think the biggest thing is just all of us together, all of us winning together, all of us being successful together, all of us playing clean football and finding a way to make plays -- I think that's important."

New York's last possession ended in a turnover on downs near the goal line when Wilson's fourth-and-3 pass for receiver Wan'Dale Robinson was incomplete. From there, the Commanders milked the final 2:39 of regulation.

"We were right there until the end, until we got down there and missed on that," Daboll said. "So, again, it's a collective deal. We can all do better."

Dart "earned" the No. 2 spot over veteran Jameis Winston, but Wilson remains the quarterback into Week 2.

"Like I told you guys before, Russ was our quarterback," Daboll said. "I think what you do with your backup quarterback and your third quarterback is you make sure you have enough packages in because, if they go in the game, it's something they feel comfortable with. So, we'll see where we're at. Again, just overall, you all know this, not good enough."

The Giants are at the Dallas Cowboys, who lost this past Thursday's 24-20 game at the Philadelphia Eagles, for a 1 p.m. kickoff next Sunday.

"I just focus on what we can control," Wilson said. "I thought we competed our butts off today. It was a physical game. We left it all on field. We gave it our all physically. Just kind of you stand tall, in the midst of that game, just kind of battling through it and finding a way to win. Like I said, they stopped us in the red zone. I think that was the name of this game. We had eight, nine possessions. Two of 'em are down in the red zone. We didn't capitalize on those. So, that's what we've got to do."