Craig Carton Slams 'Soft' Giants Fans & Honors 9/11 First Responders

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
All right, 429 Carton Show Big Mac. Big fellow's back on Wednesday. At this point, you know, it is what it is. No, he's, by the way, I think he realized, maybe I shouldn't take vacations this long again.
Little insecure right now, based on the guests that we've had fairly in for him. Bart Scott's not gonna be on tomorrow.
I'll explain that to you tomorrow. I try to make sure Bart's okay with me explaining why, but all good in that end. Nico, anything happened during the break you want to share with us?

**Nico** (0:34)
No.

**Craig Carton** (0:35)
You sure about that? Is your dad a Giants fan?

**Nico** (0:41)
Alright, so yeah, so I am a Giants fan, along with my dad.

**Craig Carton** (0:43)
And where are you guys from originally?

**Nico** (0:45)
Long Island.

**Craig Carton** (0:46)
What part of Long Island?

**Nico** (0:47)
Babylon.

**Craig Carton** (0:48)
Okay, so Long Island Giants fans, you and your dad, you have brothers and sisters?

**Nico** (0:52)
Yeah, one brother. Older or younger? Younger.

**Craig Carton** (0:55)
Okay, so you're the oldest of the boys. And the whole family, your pops, your brother and yourself, diehard Giants fans.

**Nico** (1:03)
That's right.

**Craig Carton** (1:04)
How old are you?

**Nico** (1:05)
27

**Craig Carton** (1:06)
Your favorite player of all time is probably Eli Manning.

**Nico** (1:08)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (1:09)
It's my guess. Your dad's favorite player of all time is probably LT.
All right. Your brother's probably like you, unless he's crazy different in age, probably isn't. Eli Manning. You guys think Victor Cruz walks on water. I know Joe Beckham Jr. is the greatest one year wide receiver of all time. Okay, got it.
What happened during the break?

**Nico** (1:27)
So we were talking about Jackson Dart, and I mentioned the stat about his college record and how he's never made the playoffs, which I agree with.

**Craig Carton** (1:35)
Which is a factual and frankly, a very professional thing for you to do as the producer today.

**Nico** (1:41)
Right. I agree. And I appreciated it. I got a text from my dad. It said, shut up, kiss ass.

**Craig Carton** (1:48)
I love it. I love it. It wasn't you're kissing my ass, is that you were doing your job as the producer. Right. I was looking for stats. You brought me stats.

**Nico** (1:57)
That's it. That's all there was to it.

**Craig Carton** (1:58)
I mean, it didn't hurt that you did it as I conjure Pete's replacement. It's a good thing you did it, but you went against the families. What I think you did is what your dad's saying to you.

**Nico** (2:09)
Apparently.

**Craig Carton** (2:10)
Yeah. No octopus for you tonight.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:12)
Giants fans are very sensitive right now.

**Craig Carton** (2:13)
By the way, it's amazing. I'm sure your dad's also, I hope I get to meet him one day. But Giants fans, this particular off season, and specific to the narrative around Jackson Dart, whether that be his ability to stay healthy, or whether that be how good a quarterback is he going to be, Giants fans for the first time that I can remember, got really soft and sensitive.
And it's frankly beneath you people.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:45)
I used to think they were like the Yankees, prim proper. Right?

**Craig Carton** (2:48)
Giants fans have really become Mets fans just wearing a different jersey.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:53)
I just saw the Jets.

**Craig Carton** (2:55)
And most Mets fans are Jet fans. Most Yankee fans are Giants fans. There's obviously a couple that don't go according to the norm. But I like, people think, and I get it all the time, that I'm hating on the Giants, that I'm rooting against the Giants, that I hate Harbaugh. I hate, I don't. Not at all. I have no personal agenda or vendetta. But you guys have bought into this notion blindly in a manner that I've never seen you before. Frankly, it's unbecoming of you people.
You guys are Giants fans. Act like it.
You shouldn't tolerate anything from anybody until they win. Yeah, John Harbaugh is an upgrade. Izzy, let's see him win 10 games this year. Oh, Jackson Dart is an upgrade. Izzy, let's see him win 10 games this year. When that happens, you guys have the ability to talk all the smack you want. But you've been more embarrassing as a franchise the last decade than my jets have been. Let that sink in. You've had the most arguably embarrassing 10 years in your franchise's history, and yet when a good-looking bald outsider who likes the jets merely says, I'll believe it when I see it. Guys like your dad, I'm sure is a great guy and a man's man. They get all sensitive.