Current:Home > NewsNew York Giants OL Evan Neal shoos 'fair-weather' fans: 'A lot of fans are bandwagoners' -Excel Wealth Summit
New York Giants OL Evan Neal shoos 'fair-weather' fans: 'A lot of fans are bandwagoners'
View
Date:2025-04-15 03:55:33
New York Giants offensive lineman Evan Neal isn't bothered by anyone's opinion of him.
“Why would a lion concern himself with the opinion of a sheep?" Neal told NJ.com on Wednesday, just days after the Giant's 24-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on "Monday Night Football." "I honestly do not care what anybody has to say about Evan Neal, because they’re going to talk anyway," he added.
The Giants (1-3) have gotten off to a rough start this season and the offensive line has taken the lion's share of the blame. New York never found the end zone during Monday's loss to the Seahawks as quarterback Daniel Jones was sacked a franchise-high 11 times.
The Giants' underwhelming performance brought out the boo-birds at MetLife Stadium. At one point, the "Monday Night Football" broadcast showed Neal encouraging New York fans to boo louder. But Neal said he's not concerned with "fair-weather" Giants fans, who "flip hot dogs and hamburgers somewhere."
"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," Neal told the outlet. "And how can you say you’re really a fan when we’re out there battling our asses off — and the game wasn’t going well — but the best you can do is boo your home team? So how much of a fan are you, really?”
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.
Through four games, the Giants' offense ranks last in total points scored (46) and second to last in total yards (1,008) this season. New York has not scored a touchdown in two games at MetLife Stadium, registering a lone field goal. But Neal, who the Giants selected out of Alabama with the seventh overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, said he's only focused on getting better.
“Go watch the film,” Neal said. “At the end of the day, I know I’m making improvements. It doesn’t matter what the outside may say or anything. You ask the guys around me and the coaching staff. I know I’m improving. And I’m going to continue to improve throughout the duration of the season.”
The Giants travel to Miami to take on the Dolphins (3-1) on Sunday.
veryGood! (952)
Related
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- 'Station 19' series finale brings ferocious flames and a flash forward: Here's our recap
- Drake has his own solo song on Camila Cabello's new album without her: Here's why
- Maui Council budgets $300,000 to study impacts of eliminating 7,000 vacation rentals
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- 'Courageous' Minneapolis officer remembered after fatal shooting; suspected shooter dead
- Phone and internet outages plague central and eastern Iowa
- Panthers are one win from return to Stanley Cup Final. Here's how they pushed Rangers to brink.
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- South Africa heading for ‘coalition country’ as partial election results have the ANC below 50%
Ranking
- Who's hosting 'Saturday Night Live' tonight? Musical guest, how to watch Dec. 14 episode
- Alabama executes death row inmate Jamie Mills for elderly couple's 2004 murders
- Phone and internet outages plague central and eastern Iowa
- Historic Saratoga takes its place at center of horse racing world when Belmont Stakes comes to town
- 'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
- Mayoral candidate murdered, another wounded days before Mexico elections
- Former US senator from Indiana Joe Donnelly to step down as US ambassador to the Vatican
- Japan town that blocked view of Mount Fuji already needs new barrier, as holes appear in mesh screen
Recommendation
Selena Gomez engaged to Benny Blanco after 1 year together: 'Forever begins now'
Executed: Alabama man put to death for murders of elderly couple robbed for $140
Buc-ee's largest store location to open in Texas next month: 'Where the legend began'
6 million vehicles still contain recalled Takata air bags: How to see if your car is affected
Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
BLM buys about 3,700 acres of land adjacent to Río Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico
Police say several people have been hurt in a stabbing in the German city of Mannheim
After several setbacks, Boeing will try again to launch its crewed Starliner on Saturday