Greenard admitted he started to feel bad for Daniel Jones and the Giants during the Week 1 win.
The Minnesota Vikings cruised to a season opening victory against the New York Giants on Sunday, not struggling to defend against theThe defense surrendered just six points and held the Giants without a touchdown while recording five sacks and a pair of interceptions, including a pick-six, off of Jones.
"Man, we heard the boos raining in, we're like okay, now we're good on our end. But when it got really loud to where it was as loud as it would be on third down defense, it was kind of bad. We kind of started to feel a little bit bad for him as we're still just completely taking away everything that he wants to do," said Greenard.
"Hey, it's good to be on the other side of it. And it's our job to not be on that side of it, when we're not doing our job," he added. Greenard didn't register a tackle in the win, but he did record a hit on Jones. The 27-year-old is in his first season with the Vikings after signing a four-year, $76 million deal during the offseason.Karl Rasmussen is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News team for Sports Illustrated. A University of Oregon alum who joined SI in February 2023, his work has appeared on 12up and ClutchPoints. Rasmussen is a loyal Tottenham, Jets, Yankees and Ducks fan.
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