Giants rookie Malik Nabers wanted no part in discussing the plane that carried a pointed message toward Big Blue’s front office over MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
The message from the frustrated Giants fan (or fans) was quite clear: “MR. MARA ENOUGH – PLZ FIX THIS DUMPSTER FIRE.’’
But Nabers did not want to comment about the stunt, instead giving a comical retort when a reporter asked him about it after the Giants’ 14-11 loss to the Saints.
“I didn’t pay for the plane. I ain’t got nothing to say,” he said as he turned his back to the cameras and reporters around his locker.
The Giants’ season has turned into one to forget as the team celebrates its 100th anniversary.
The loss on Sunday dropped the Giants to 2-11 as the team and fans try to find anything positive to grasp onto as the organization starts looking to next season.
While Nabers did not want to address the banner, receiver Darius Slayton understood where the sentiment was coming from.
“People have money and time to do stuff like that. If that’s what they choose to do, that’s what they choose to do,” Slayton said.
Sunday wasn’t the first time that Giants fans have used an aerial message to convey their displeasure to the organization.
Fans pulled a similar stunt in 1978 during a game against the Cardinals at Giants Stadium.
Back then, the banner read: “15 YEARS OF LOUSY FOOTBALL … WE’VE HAD ENOUGH.’’
Disgruntled hockey fans used a somewhat similar method to convey their own message in 2018.
Islanders fans purchased a billboard in Brooklyn that sat along drivers’ routes to Barclays Center — the team’s home at the time — to send a message to ownership that then-general manager Garth Snow should be fired.
Snow and head coach Doug Weight were fired later that year.
