Vikings’ Jonathan Greenard felt ‘a little bit bad’ for Daniel Jones after Giants fans’ boos

Jones finished the game with a 44.3 passer rating and threw two interceptions. 

The signal-caller has been highly scrutinized since he signed a four-year, $160 million contract with the Giants before the 2023 season. 

The 2023 season was one to forget for Jones after he played just six games due to neck and knee injuries. 

Greenard said during the radio spot that he’s been in Jones’ shoes before hearing boos from the home fans having played in Houston during some tough years. 

“I’ve been a part of those boos when you walking on the field and your offense doesn’t make anything happen and there’s just, you would think it’s an away game at this point,” Greenard said.

“But at that time, you know how, how we were attacking him and understanding like where he’s at in his career based on you know, obviously the scheme that he has, you know, whatever the contract things going on. So, we understand he’s dealing with a lot, and if we can add another aspect of you know, pressure onto the guy to make him speed up his reads a little bit more, make sure that he’s not gonna get confident and comfortable back in the pocket. Man, it was a great feeling to see it on the first couple of drives.”

The Giants’ offense totaled just 240 net yards in the season-opening loss. 

But even with all of the criticism of Jones, the Giants plan to stick with him at quarterback, at least for another week, as head coach Brian Daboll answered in the affirmative on Monday that Jones was still QB1.

The Giants face the Commanders on the road at 1 p.m. in Week 2.