NY Giants owner John Mara was met with thunderous boos by fans as Eli Manning was inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor Sunday
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The NY Giants disappointing present was at the forefront of the organization honoring one of the central figures to its storied past.
When Giants owner John Mara introduced Eli Manning during the ceremony inducting the two-time Super Bowl MVP winning quarterback into the organization’s ring of honor, Mara was met with vociferous boos from the MetLife Stadium crowd.
Mara’s NY Giants have not won a postseason game, and only made one postseason appearance since Manning hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy following the 2011 NFL Season.
Manning’s No. 10 will permanently reside alongside Justin Tuck’s 91 in the NY Giants’ ring of honor, but it was unveiled as the 0-2 NY Giants trailed the winless Atlanta Falcons 7-6 at halftime.
"“Of course I heard it,” Mara told the New York Daily News. “Listen, I would have booed, too. We’re 0-2 and down at the half.”"
For the fifth consecutive season, the NY Giants opened the 2021 campaign 0-2, and managed just six points in the first half against a Falcons defense that had been allowing a league-high 40 points per game through the first two weeks.
Fans clearly are not pleased with the product that Mara’s team has fielded in recent years.
If the first two-plus games of this season, and the NY Giants’ 57-89 record since Manning and New York’s Super Bowl XLVI win, are any indication, it may be a while until the organization returns to the heights Manning led it to.
Matt Lombardo is FanSided’s National NFL Insider and writes Between The Hash Marks each Wednesday. Email Matt: Matt.Lombardo@FanSided.com.