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Hour 4: Craig and Big Mac Unpack the Harbaugh Presser & Jackson Dart’s Injury

The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle

September 23, 2026

Craig and Big Mac analyze the confusion surrounding John Harbaugh's updates on Jackson Dart's knee surgery and Jameis Winston's elevation to the starting role.

Speakers Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle, Jesse, Petey, Pete

TopicsSports

Craig Carton (0:00)

888-808-109, Coach Harbaugh has spoken, Big Mac. Here's the breaking news from the coach.

Jameis Winston is our starting quarterback. There you go, all right? All right, and he did say officially that Jackson Dart is out for the regular season. Yes. I'm not sure if he got into, did he get into Pete when the surgery's gonna take place?

Chris McMonigle (0:26)

He said he doesn't know.

Craig Carton (0:28)

You have that in front of you? He doesn't know when they're gonna do surgery?

Chris McMonigle (0:30)

Harbaugh said he doesn't know when Dart is having the surgery. That's weird. Oh, I mean.

Craig Carton (0:35)

I guess it doesn't matter.

Chris McMonigle (0:36)

I mean, no.

Craig Carton (0:37)

But what do you mean you don't know when the surgery is?

Chris McMonigle (0:39)

I'm really upset as a giant fan. They haven't told me day and time.

Craig Carton (0:43)

Here we go.

Chris McMonigle (0:43)

Is it Eastern Standard Time?

Jesse (0:44)

If it's out in California?

Craig Carton (0:46)

Take your shots, take your shots.

Chris McMonigle (0:47)

Is this a leap year?

Craig Carton (0:48)

Take your shots.

Chris McMonigle (0:49)

Like when, mark, mark the situation. We need to know exactly when. And does the surgery start when he's first under the, under anesthesia or is it when the first lice is made?

Craig Carton (1:00)

I think it's when you go under anesthesia.

Chris McMonigle (1:02)

That counts.

Chris McMonigle (1:03)

Yeah.

Craig Carton (1:04)

Are you concerned that the Grand Poobah of your franchise doesn't know when the surgery is of his franchise quarterback?

Chris McMonigle (1:10)

Is that something you think he might know?

Chris McMonigle (1:12)

They probably haven't designated an exact time for the surgery.

Craig Carton (1:15)

Oh.

Chris McMonigle (1:15)

They're going to say maybe they want to see some swelling to go down. Maybe that's in the-

Craig Carton (1:18)

He also told the surgery he's going to go in that badly hurt, so maybe he doesn't know anything.

Chris McMonigle (1:21)

That's a fair point. I don't know.

Craig Carton (1:23)

You can't trust him, but obviously.

Chris McMonigle (1:25)

I don't need to know. I don't need to know.

Craig Carton (1:27)

Again, you and I are different.

Chris McMonigle (1:29)

I like to know, you like to be told things.

Craig Carton (1:32)

I like to know things, that's all. What else did John Harbaugh say?

Jesse (1:37)

He didn't rule him out for the postseason.

Chris McMonigle (1:39)

Shut up. Well, he does specifically say regular season.

Chris McMonigle (1:43)

Oh, stop it, please.

Chris McMonigle (1:44)

He says he's out for the-

Craig Carton (1:45)

Yeah, they're going to make the playoffs, and then they're going to bench Jameis Winston.

Chris McMonigle (1:48)

He's out for the regular season, and the Giants will probably designate him for return on injured reserve per the coach. I don't know what that means.

Chris McMonigle (1:54)

He's out for the regular season. He's out for the year. Stop it. Yes.

Craig Carton (1:56)

That's the coach also telling you we're not going to make the postseason, so I don't need to acknowledge that he's out for it. We're not going to be in it.

Chris McMonigle (2:01)

No, that's the exact opposite. That's the exact opposite.

Craig Carton (2:04)

No.

Chris McMonigle (2:04)

That's the coach telling you he doesn't want to rule out the- he's not ruling out the postseason, so we can't rule him out for the postseason.

Craig Carton (2:09)

Jackson Dart's coming back in January. I mean, guys, what are we doing?

Petey (2:12)

I'm not saying he is.

Chris McMonigle (2:13)

What are you doing?

Chris McMonigle (2:14)

I'm not saying he is.

Chris McMonigle (2:15)

You know he's not. He's not.

Craig Carton (2:17)

Can you say it?

Chris McMonigle (2:18)

He's not coming back.

Craig Carton (2:19)

Thank you. Like this notion of he might come back in January. No, he's not.

Chris McMonigle (2:24)

He's a goal post. You just said that's a coach acknowledging they're not going to the postseason.

Craig Carton (2:28)

To say he's out.

Chris McMonigle (2:29)

Quite the opposite. That's a coach who's trying to say, we're going to the playoffs and if we, and once we're there, we'll see if he's healthy.

Craig Carton (2:36)

Well, then he's dumber than I thought.

Chris McMonigle (2:38)

That's him. That's his.

Chris McMonigle (2:40)

He's out for the year.

Chris McMonigle (2:41)

I think the season's over. You think the season's over. Yes. He doesn't think the season's over.

Chris McMonigle (2:45)

That's fine.

Chris McMonigle (2:45)

He thinks they're going to the playoffs.

Craig Carton (2:47)

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