Saquon Barkley calls out Giants fans cheering for Daniel Jones' injury
Giants running back Saquon Barkley is standing up for his teammate. The two-time Pro Bowler is going to bat for quarterback Daniel Jones, and calling out fans who are rooting for his injury.
During Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins, Barkley started chirping with some fans. Apparently, those individuals had some unsavory comments regarding Jones — who had entered the medical tent for a neck injury.
“When [Jones], someone who would give his freaking all for this franchise and this city and would go out there and risk it every single day and do whatever he can to bring a Super Bowl to this city and this organization, and he just hurt his neck, and he’s sitting in a blue tent getting check on for his neck, and you’ve got a fan just mother-king him, that just doesn’t sit well with me,” Barkley said, per the New York Post. “He’s helpless. He can’t do nothing.”
New York is off to a disappointing 1-4 start this season, drawing plenty of frustration from fans. Barkley says he understands that anger and displeasure.
But to root for a player’s injury? That’s when Barkley said he’d heard enough.
“I get it. I was a fan of football before,” Barkley said. “That’s not in my makeup, in my character, to boo and do stuff like that. But, fans, if you don’t like the product that we’re doing out there — we’ve got to give them a product to be happy about. Go ahead and boo. Or go ahead and cheer. That’s part of the game. But have sympathy at the same time. He’s a human being. Out of all people, it shouldn’t be 8.”
Giants likely without Daniel Jones in Week 6
Because of the injury Jones sustained in Sunday’s loss, it’s unlikely that he’ll be available for this weekend’s game against the Bills. NFL Network‘s Ian Rapoport provided an update on Thursday.
“Daniel Jones, dealing with that neck injury, has not yet practiced this week for the New York Giants,” Rapoport said. “He had a neck injury in 2021. He said, at the time, it’s similar. It’s really not similar.
“When he had all the tests, what the doctors came back telling him, a lot of it is, ‘how do you feel?’ Clearly, he has not felt well enough to practice the last two days. That is an indication that’ll be Tyrod Taylor for the New York Giants this weekend, which makes sense.”
Rapoport concluded by saying he doesn’t believe it makes sense to put Jones on the field if he’s not 100%.