Protest banner to fly over MetLife Stadium for Giants' home game vs. 49ers

Sixteen-year-old high school junior and New York Giants fan Joshua Reynolds had paid to fly a banner over MetLife Stadium during the Giants' Week 4 home game against the Los Angeles Chargers. However, the weather didn't cooperate that weekend. 

It seems that the rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart's performance hasn't convinced Reynolds to change his mind about what team co-owner John Mara needs to do sooner rather than later. 

Giants fan wants to send a message to John Mara

On Thursday, Darryl Slater of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com reported that Reynolds is using money he raised from his previous GoFundMe campaign to fly a banner over MetLife Stadium — weather permitting — when the 2-6 Giants host the San Francisco 49ers (5-3) on Sunday. 

The banner is slated to read: "MR. MARA ENOUGH IS ENOUGH CLEAN HOUSE." 

"Mostly the fact that the coaching staff has still been the same," Reynolds told Slater about sticking with the message that was planned for the Sept. 28 game. "Even though every year we’ve been getting new players, it’s the same result. You can’t keep trying the same thing that hasn’t worked at all." 

Under head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen, the Giants have gone 11-31 since Week 1 of the 2023 season. Additionally, defensive coordinator Shane Bowen faced criticism after his management of two separate in-game situations contributed to the Giants' losses this season. 

How Giants could've avoided this latest protest

Last December, Giants fans flew banners over MetLife asking Mara to "please fix this dumpster fire" and warning the owner that "we won't stop until you fire everyone." While the Giants beat the Chargers in September, Big Blue has gone 1-3 since then. 

"If they did keep winning [after the Chargers game], I was planning to change it to something positive about Dart," Reynolds said about this Sunday's banner. "But that never happened. It’s disappointing."

Things have gone from bad to worse for the Giants, who lost star receiver Malik Nabers to a torn ACL and meniscus during the Chargers game. In Week 8 against the Philadelphia Eagles, fan-favorite rookie running back Cam Skattebo suffered a gruesome dislocation of his right ankle, a fractured fibula and a ruptured deltoid ligament. 

Meanwhile, Reynolds is worried about what could go wrong for Dart if the signal-caller keeps losing under Daboll. 

"We have to rip the Band-Aid off sooner rather than later, because there is no point in Dart developing if he’s not winning games," Reynolds added while chatting with Slater.