The past decade, the New York Giants have mainly been a non-factor in the NFL hierarchy. After winning their second Super Bowl in five years in February of 2012, they pretty much faded into obscurity.
From 2012 until last season, co-owner John Mara appeared and spoke publicly about the team’s performance, mostly about how disappointed he was and generally apologizing to the fans on a weekly basis.
After the Giants came back to beat the Baltimore Ravens, 24-20, on Sunday to improve to 5-1, Mara made himself scarce, answering questions with short, concise responses. Perhaps he’s learned not to wear his heart on his sleeve anymore and just keep his sentiments to himself.
“We have lost so many games like that in the last five years, maybe it’s our time,” Mara told the AP after Sunday’s game.
Darryl Slater of NJ.com was one of the reporters who tried to catch up with Mara at the NFL league meeting on Tuesday but Mara remained cagey about the team’s successful start.
“So far, so good, OK?” he said. “So far, so good. I’m not going to … “
And then he trailed off and paraphrased a Bill Belichick cliche.
“We’re on to Jacksonville,” Mara said.
The team’s other co-owner, Steve Tisch, also stayed relatively quiet.
Steve Tisch on how he feels about #Giants: ‘Great.’
— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) October 18, 2022
Mara was then asked his thoughts about quarterback Daniel Jones’ performance.
“He’s doing very well,” Mara said simply.
This spring, Mara told reporters that the Giants, while declining Jones’ fifth-year option, still had faith in DJ and had done him a great disservice his first three seasons by swapping out coaches and not providing him with a proper infrastructure.
