For Jaxson Dart, Monday isn’t a restart at the Patriots. It’s coming back from a pause after being sidelined in concussion protocol.

At least the Giants hope so. Dart was playing perhaps his best game before he was hurt in Week 10 at the Bears. In just under three quarters, the rookie quarterback accounted for a career-best 308 total yards, including a career-high 66 rushing yards.

“That game just sucked because we had control,” Dart said Friday. “Quite honestly, I felt like they could not stop me, they couldn’t stop us as a team. So, that one hurt for sure. You wish plays like that wouldn’t happen and you can finish the game with your team.”

Dart hopes to pick up at Gillette Stadium where he left off at Soldier Field. There’s just one obvious difference: It’s who’s in his ear now.

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