The drones flying over New Jersey have drawn plenty of attention over the last week, but another aircraft caught the eye of the public on Sunday.
For the second consecutive week, a banner-carrying airplane flew by MetLife Stadium ahead of a New York Giants home game. The message it was carrying before the team’s Week 15 game against the Baltimore Ravens issued a plea to Giants owner John Mara to clean house amid New York’s struggles.
‘Mr. Mara enough,’ the banner read. ‘We won’t stop until you fire everyone.’
It appears that the group of Giants fans organizing this protest are trying to make ‘Mr. Mara enough’ their official catchphrase. It was included at the front of the message displayed before the team’s Week 14 matchup with the New Orleans Saints as well.
‘Mr. Mara enough,’ the banner read. ‘Plz fix this dumpster fire.’
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The messages come amid a 2024 season during which the Giants have been one of the NFL’s worst teams. They are currently favored to land the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft and have an overall record of 2-11 record entering their Week 15 matchup with the Ravens. New York has started three different quarterbacks this season, including Daniel Jones, who was later released less than two years into his ill-fated four-year, $160 million contract.
The Giants have posted a combined 8-22 record the last two seasons under head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen’s leadership. They made the playoffs in their first season together, 2022, but things have gone downhill precipitously since then.
Despite this, Mara indicated he didn’t plan to make any drastic changes earlier in the season.
‘Obviously, we’re all very disappointed with where we are right now,’ Mara said on Oct. 27 at the debut of an NFL Films production about his father, Wellington Mara, per CBS Sports. ‘But I’m going to say one thing: We are not making any changes this season and I do not anticipate making any changes in the offseason either.’
It has been nearly two months since Mara made those comments, so it isn’t clear whether his views on New York’s leadership have changed.
Given how things unfolded with Jones, the team’s loss of Saquon Barkley to the rival Philadelphia Eagles during the 2024 NFL offseason and the repeated messages from Giants fans amid the team’s struggles, it’s safe to say that Daboll and Schoen’s seats are warmer now than they were in October.