It started out as a simple gesture. Brett Jones was the Giants’ backup center and guard Jon Halapio had just been added to the practice squad during the 2016 season. Jones, who said he’d always been touched by the way teammates had welcomed him to new locker rooms, went up to Halapio, greeted him, and offered to smooth the transition in any way he could.
"Jon may have gotten to play that year so I was going to help him out anyway I could,” Jones said. “That’s what a good teammate does. That’s what I strive to do.