New York Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale said Thursday that he was “surprised” by safety Xavier McKinney’s comments after Sunday’s 30-6 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders about “not being heard.” Martindale, in his 19th season in the NFL and 36th in coaching, said that had never happened to him before.
Here is part of what McKinney said to Jordan Ranaan of ESPN:
I don’t think they’ve done a great job of letting the leaders lead, and listening to the leaders and the captains ... It was one of those things where you have some of your leaders, captains from a defensive standpoint, trying to switch things up.