Evan Neal challenges fans to "boo louder"

[MightyGiants]

Neal has a Twitter account, and though he rarely tweets — let alone interacts with anyone on there — he sees what people tweet at him.

"People tag me on stuff all the time," he said. "So it's like, yeah, I see it. But I genuinely don't care. Why should I? I'm in the National Football League. The person that's commenting on my performance, what does he do? Flip hot dogs and hamburgers somewhere?"


It's behind a paywall but more here

https://www.nj.com/giants/2023/10/giants-evan-neal-dares-his-critics-to-boo-louder-blasts-fair-weather-fans-as-sheep.html

[EDjohnst1981]

Haven't read the full article but that's not a good look.

[MightyGiants]

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Evan Neal had a whole lot to say Wednesday.

Among his comments, regarding his critics:

"Why would a lion concern himself with the opinion of a sheep?"

"The person that's commenting on my performance, what does he do? Flip hot dogs and hamburgers somewhere?"

[Ed Vette]

Without fan support, he's on even thinner ice.

[uconnjack8]

It's no excuse,  but a lot of these guys have never been booed by their home town fans for a variety of reasons.  Probably a completely alien thing to him.  Bad he reacted in this way.

[Ed Vette]

It's no excuse,  but a lot of these guys have never been booed by their home town fans for a variety of reasons.  Probably a completely alien thing to him.  Bad he reacted in this way.

He doesn't get that these people are the reason he gets paid millions to play football. I'm sure Mara's gonna love this and have something to pass downhill.

[Rambo89]

These athletes need to get rid of their Social Media Accounts or just use them to promote whatever charity or organizations they're involved in.  All they do is end up causing them more trouble.

[madbadger]

Neal has a Twitter account, and though he rarely tweets — let alone interacts with anyone on there — he sees what people tweet at him.

"People tag me on stuff all the time," he said. "So it's like, yeah, I see it. But I genuinely don't care. Why should I? I'm in the National Football League. The person that's commenting on my performance, what does he do? Flip hot dogs and hamburgers somewhere?"


It's behind a paywall but more here

https://www.nj.com/giants/2023/10/giants-evan-neal-dares-his-critics-to-boo-louder-blasts-fair-weather-fans-as-sheep.html

What a F-ing idiot. How about you keep your mouth shut and figure out how to play tackle in the NFL without looking like a turnstile. The dude who flips burgers provides the Giants with the revenue to pay your bloated salary. Show him a modicum of respect. If he had any self awareness he'd realize the fans are correct in their judgement of his play thus far. Change it.

[MightyGiants]

Here is a non-paywall

https://x.com/snygiants/status/1709684397702627602?s=46&t=1vcQIN8GqF5J2oLdxEVEJQ

[uconnjack8]

He doesn't get that these people are the reason he gets paid millions to play football. I'm sure Mara's gonna love this and have something to pass downhill.

I think he is likely very frustrated.   It's the 1st time in his life he isn't one of the best in the field.  This reaction just shows some immaturity.

[DaveBrown74]

If you're a professional athlete, going after fans for getting on you for poor performance is one of the dumbest moves you can make. We saw it with some Mets players a couple years back who bitched about getting booed and gave the thumbs down sign to the fans, and it didn't go over well. They were forced to apologize quickly, and one of them was not brought back the next year. We saw Julius Randle on the Knicks do this too, and he took a lot of heat for it.

The difference here though is while it was hardly ok in the above examples, at least all of those players were established good players in their respective sports. Neal has done nothing but utterly suck since arriving. Fans probably could have justifiably booed him last year, but didn't. He is making very good money for a rookie and exhausted a ton of points worth of draft capital, and he has done nothing other than contribute to getting his QB killed and having our offensive drives get blown up.

And I think the content of his comments is deplorable. He's essentially putting down working class people who (1) are the backbone of the zeitgeist of sports in this area and (2) who work their asses off at a tough and often undesirable job so they can support their families and hopefully have some extra money to come see him play and help pay his bloated, undeserved salary. What an absolute a-hole. I don't care if he's never been booed before. These SEC guys are treated like royalty at these big schools and are complete spoiled brats (at best) so much of the time.

I honestly would consider cutting him over this if I were ownership/Schoen. It's not like he's helping anyone on the field with his shitty level of play, nor is he showing any sign of getting better. He will have to turn into the second coming of Anthony Munoz now to ever have a chance of winning back fans here, and it better happen in this next game if he's still a Giant by this Sunday.

[coggs]

As if he was a "Lion".

[LennG]

The guy flipping hamburgers and hot dogs can't do a worse job than he has done, and he is making $15 bucks an hour. PLUS many people probably enjoy those burgers and dogs and don't boo them for doing it well. Sorry we can't say the same thing about the #7 draft pick.

[Gmo11]

As if he was a "Lion".

More like a house cat.

[Gman329]

Not good. Could be the beginnng of the end in NY for this kid.