The performance of the Giants’ offensive line has generated plenty of criticism early into this season. The unit has ultimately failed to provide adequate protection for quarterback Daniel Jones and that was on painful display on Monday night against the Seattle Seahawks.
Second-year tackle Evan Neal sounded off on the “fair-weather” fans after they could be heard booing the team. He could be seen appearing to be encouraging them to boo, making gestures toward the crowd.
“Why would a lion concern himself with the opinion of a sheep?” asked Neal, via Darryl Slater of NJ.com. “The person that’s commenting on my performance, what does he do? Flip hot dogs and hamburgers somewhere?”
“Because that just further shows that people are fair-weather,” said Neal when asked about the incident. “A lot of fans are bandwagoners. I mean, I get it: They want to see us perform well. And I respect all of that. But no one wants us to perform well more than we do.”
Evan Neal’s comments about “fairweather” New York Giants fans ticked off Don La Greca, who hosts afternoon drive radio in New York on ESPN Radio. He quickly called for the Giants to cut the second-year offensive lineman.
“Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? I’d cut his a–. I would,” La Greca said in an epic rant. “How dare you? How dare you? These people pay your salary, they pay an obnoxious amount of money to park, an obnoxious amount of money for PSLs, to sit there and watch this pap, and you call them hamburger flippers? What, you’re so much better? I’d rather have a guy that’s flipping hamburgers block than your piece of garbage a–. Who the hell are you to talk to fans like that? You piece of garbage!”
New York surrendered 11 sacks against Seattle on Monday night.
“What a piece of human trash,” he continued. “I would cut his fat a–.”
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“If you see him at the mall in Willowbrook, boo his a–! If you see him at the DMV, boo him! Don’t stop booing him! If he goes to the Pro Bowl, boo him! If he wins a Super Bowl, boo his sorry a–. Screw that guy!” he pleaded.
“How do you condescend to people that pay to watch you play? Poorly, I might add. I hate players like that. Despise them.”
“Don’t ever talk to anybody like that ever again. Seriously,” La Greca continued. “I don’t care, first-round pick, how much money, hit to the cap. That would really show me something: cut! And I know he’ll get picked up, he’ll play someplace else. One day, you’re not gonna play football, anymore. And if there’s a god up above, it’ll be soon. And I hope you’re flipping burgers. And when I buy that burger from you, I’ll spit in it. Throw it right back in your face.”
Neal has allowed 20 quarterback pressures in four weeks, per Pro Football Focus, They have given him an overall grade of 42.5, which is not close to the average tackle.
Neal was the No. 7 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Alabama. He’s started each of the first four games this season, featuring on 99% of the team’s offensive snaps.
If the offensive line cannot protect the quarterback, this is going to be a long season for the Giants.
