Giants WR Darius Slayton Trolls Fan After Tommy DeVito Upsets Packers

Getty New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito led the upset over the Green Bay Packers in Week 14.

The New York Giants are hot and so is undrafted quarterback Tommy DeVito — who just led his third straight victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football.

While the majority of the fanbase appears to be loving DeVito-mania, the naysayers would still rather the Giants tank for a new quarterback prospect like Caleb Williams or Drake Maye. The players on the roster want no part of that mentality though, and wide receiver Darius Slayton expressed that by trolling a supposed NYG supporter after the upset win.

“Well this tweet didn’t age well,” Slayton voiced, quoting the following post.

It read: “‘Devito takes the snap’… ‘Stands in the pocket’… ‘Looks deep down field’… ‘Throws’… ‘ITS INTERCEPTED, DARNELL SAVAGE’… ‘That’s His Fourth INT Of The Night’… ‘Packers Lead 30-3 Late In The 4th.’”

Superstar running back and face of the franchise Saquon Barkley also reposted Slayton’s response on his personal X account.

Giants Wire Speaks Out Against Supporters of Tanking

Slayton and Barkley weren’t the only ones combating “tankers” on Monday morning. USA Today’s Giants Wire account sounded off on the mentality too.

“The amount of Giants fans mad that their team has rallied and have a legit chance at the playoffs is wild,” Giants Wire wrote on December 12. “But in an age where misery is an identity, I guess it makes sense. Being happy and having fun isn’t ‘cool.’”

This appears to be a growing divide amongst NYG fans. Tank for a franchise quarterback or let the good times roll and win with whoever you’ve got.

Neither mindset is necessarily right or wrong, but they are very different. Either way, actively rooting against a player like DeVito is hard to fathom.

Maybe a fan would rather see some losses and a higher draft pick, but Cinderella stories as farfetched as an undrafted hometown kid winning games for his favorite franchise happen once in a lifetime. DeVito is here, right now, playing winning football. Everything else is a total unknown.

Pat McAfee Asks ‘How Come Giants Are Better’ With Tommy DeVito at QB Rather Than Daniel Jones?

The more DeVito succeeds, the more it pads Brian Daboll’s QB track record and takes away from Daniel Jones’ successful run in 2022.

It’s nothing personal, but if Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka can get the job done with an undrafted rookie that nobody had on their radar, why pay a quarterback $40 million per year? To some extent, the Giants are wasting the coaching staff’s greatest strength by paying an average signal-caller like Jones — especially considering his injury history.

Pat McAfee hinted at this on his December 12 episode of The Pat McAfee Show.

“How come the Giants are better with Tommy DeVito than they are Daniel Jones?” McAfee asked his crew of co-hosts.

Continuing: “How come everybody seems to be a little bit happier? How come the head coach, Daboll, is coming out of his shell and he’s happy in the press conferences?”

McAfee referenced the Giants HC’s epic message to DeVito on the final game-winning drive against the Packers as proof of that newfound happiness. Of course, a winning streak helps put a smile on anyone’s face.

“You don’t think this guy loves DeVito?” McAfee concluded after playing a clip from Daboll’s postgame press conference.

The rookie QB finished Week 14 completing 17 out of 21 passes for 158 yards and a touchdown — a passer rating of 113.9 on ESPN. He also ran for 71 yards and came up just shy of a long touchdown scramble.