Geno Smith Jr., the father of New York Giants quarterback Geno Smith III, received death threats after his son was named the team's starter for its Week 13 game against the Oakland Raiders.
Per Dan Duggan of NJ Advance Media, Smith Jr. explained the phone call he received from a fan threatening to kill him.
"I was just at work," he said. "I answered and he was like, 'Geno?' So I just listened and he was like, 'Is this Geno?' I was like, 'Yeah.' He was like, 'Your son better not start or we're going to kill you.