The Giants had spent much of Tuesday’s red-zone work running into the same problem. With space compressed and the defense tightening near the goal line, scoring opportunities were hard to come by as the first-team offense repeatedly came away empty. Dart finally changed that with a scramble into the end zone, giving the offense the breakthrough it had struggled to find during a situational period designed to test late-game execution near the goal line.

The touchdown, however, wasn’t the final act of the rep. As players began walking back toward their huddles, Dart’s post-play actions sparked a heated verbal confrontation with multiple defensive players. Rather than stopping the drill or pulling his quarterback aside, Harbaugh built the lesson into the very next kick, sticking to the immediate, in-the-moment accountability that has long defined his coaching style.

“I think it’s a 15-yard penalty for taunting, so we backed up the extra point and had to do it again,” Harbaugh told the press, per SNYGiants on X. “That’s how we handled it. I think he understands that for the game-winning extra point, we don’t want it to be a 50-yard extra point or so, whatever it is.”

When asked whether he felt the need to address Dart on the field, Harbaugh’s response was equally direct. “Do you think I need to say anything in that case? Pretty clear-cut, right?”

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During a red-zone drill, Dart scrambled for a touchdown on third-and-goal before firing the ball at cornerback Greg Newsome’s helmet as he walked back toward the huddle. Several defensive players immediately confronted the second-year quarterback, bringing the sequence to a brief halt before the extra point was attempted.

That penalty turned what would’ve been a routine extra point into a 48-yard kick instead. Kicker Ben Sauls made the kick anyway, meaning the Giants didn’t lose points on the sequence. But that wasn’t Harbaugh’s objective. He has a clear-cut philosophy on fights:

“My policy on fighting is that the play clock keeps going. So, you can fight all you want, but you’re going to be back on the line running the next play within 40 seconds.”

The Year 2 quarterback finished 6-of-14 through the air with a touchdown pass, while also adding the rushing score that sparked the confrontation. Tuesday’s practice also showed just how difficult the afternoon had been for the starting offense, which managed only one touchdown across 11 red-zone opportunities.

Penalties have been a theme at camp too. The Giants got flagged 14 times during Monday’s first fully padded practice, with most of those infractions coming before the snap as the offense continues adjusting to Harbaugh’s cadence system. The total dropped to seven on Tuesday, including Dart’s taunting penalty.

Despite the offensive struggles, Dart did produce one of the day’s better passing plays, connecting with Isaiah Likely for his first touchdown throw of practice. The pass nearly turned into an interception before Likely adjusted to secure the catch, giving the offense a rare bright spot before Dart later found the end zone himself on the ground. The tight end also had some thoughts on the Dart-Newsome moment.

“Just them competing,” he said, via the New York Post. “I mean, training camp, Day 2 of pads, getting tired, obviously in the red zone [where] points are at stake. That’s the type of dog you want in a quarterback. And obviously, Newsome, I’ve been playing [against] him for quite a while. I know he’s a dog himself, so he’s not going to back down on nobody.”

Likely’s comments echoed what many inside the Giants have already seen from Dart during camp, a quarterback whose competitiveness is one of his defining traits, even if Tuesday served as a reminder that channeling it at the right moments is just as important.