Buccaneers’ Jason Pierre-Paul on NY Giants: ‘I’m coming for their necks’
Buccaneers DE Jason Pierre Paul has a message for the NY Giants head of Monday’s game
Veteran defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has been instrumental to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ dominance on defense this season, but he has a message for his former team ahead of Monday night’s game against the NY Giants.
"“I’m coming for their necks,” Pierre-Paul told reporters Friday. “They know that.“Eli’s not there no more, so I won’t have to pick him up and say ‘Eli, man, you good?’ I’m coming for their necks, man. They know that … I’m going to Monday Night Football and going to destroy the Giants. That’s what I want to do as an individual.”"
Pierre-Paul was traded by the Giants to the Buccaneers back in March 2018 in exchange for a third-round pick that GM Dave Gettleman used to select defensive lineman B.J. Hill.
Sidelined due to injury when the teams met last season, Pierre-Paul was downright dominant in his return to East Rutherford in 2018, producing 1.5 sacks and seven tackles against the Giants.
Through the Buccaneers’ first six games, Pierre-Paul has 5.5 sacks, one tackle for loss, and 21 total tackles. Had he not been traded, Pierre-Paul would currently lead the Giants in sacks.
Monday night, Pierre’s Buccaneers enter as the NFC South division leaders, and can drive a stake in the Giants’ fading hopes of making up ground in the NFC East with a victory that would torpedo New York to 1-7.
Next. What picks do Giants have in the 2021 NFL Draft?. dark
Matt Lombardo is the site expert for GMenHQ, and writes Between The Hash Marks each Wednesday for FanSided. Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattLombardoNFL.