Giants’ Dexter Lawrence doesn’t ‘respect’ fans booing during blowout loss: ‘It’s just a rough patch. It is what it is’

It didn’t help matters that former New York Jets flameout Sam Darnold was on the other end of Sunday’s blowout at MetLife Stadium.

The Giants held out hope that last year’s struggles from Jones and the rest of the offense would be left in 2023. Instead, much of what Big Blue fans witnessed felt familiar for a fanbase that has cheered one playoff team in the past eight seasons.

“It’s our job to give them something to cheer about and to play well to execute. And we take that serious,” Jones said. “They expect us to play well. We expect to play well. We have to do that.”

Sunday they didn’t play well. While it might not be fair, the $40 million Jones will catch more of the ire when the Giants struggle. Some fans even heckled the quarterback as he left the stadium from the player’s exit.

The QB went 22-of-42 passing for 186 yards with two interceptions and took five sacks. Jones has not thrown a passing touchdown in five consecutive starts.

“Obviously, not good enough,” Jones said. “Didn’t get in the end zone, scored six points. Didn’t create much rhythm and flow for ourselves. I’ve got to be better, certainly got to play better, give ourselves more chances to make plays and execute more consistently.”

If Jones and the rest of the offense don’t play better in a hurry, it will get very dark very quickly in the Big Apple.