Stephen A. Smith's claim that Giants reached out to ESPN about Elle Duncan's criticism is false: report

Stephen A. Smith launched into a rant astir the New York Giants connected "First Take" that went viral Friday. 

Smith claimed the Giants had reached retired to ESPN complaining astir Elle Duncan’s conception connected Daniel Jones. 

In a station connected X, Pat Hanlon, the Giants' elder vice president of communications, took objection to Duncan’s segment.

However, the New York Post reported that cipher from the Giants really reached retired to ESPN astir the segment. 

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Stephen A. Smith successful 2021. (Imagn)

"The New York Giants, respectfully, unopen the hellhole up. Y’all are atrocious arsenic an organization. You won a Super Bowl successful 2007. You won a Super Bowl successful 2011. Outside of that, since 2011, that’s 13 years. The Giants person made the playoffs twice. They’ve won 1 playoff game," Smith said. 

"And you’ve got the nervus to beryllium up determination and telephone the offices and kick to executives astir idiosyncratic that went connected nationalist tv to bash their job. Why don’t you bash your damn occupation arsenic an organization?

ESPN'S ELLE DUNCAN CLAPS BACK AT GIANTS FANS IRKED BY DANIEL JONES CRITICISM

"This is simply a performance-based business," Smith said. "Nobody is talking astir your idiosyncratic life. Nobody has gotten into anything. Your show was enactment connected nationalist display, and you were 20 games nether .500. You person been abhorrent. You person been atrocious arsenic the backmost for the New York Giants, and, connected apical of it all, they fto spell of Saquon Barkley to marque definite they took attraction of you. They gave you the container alternatively of him, which is different blemish."

During the rant, Duncan smirked and sipped from her mug arsenic Smith came to her defense. 

Host Elle Duncan speaks during the 2024 espnW New York Summit astatine 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge May 9, 2024, successful Brooklyn, N.Y.  (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Hanlon said it was "mind boggling" "that an #ESPN personality would mock Daniel Jones’ statement."

"Given what has happened astatine that institution implicit past fewer years, code deaf," Hanlon wrote.

Duncan’s conception criticizing Jones aired connected Thursday during "SportsCenter."

"We usually reserve ‘Taking the Elle’ for Fridays, but Giants backmost Daniel Jones conscionable did thing truthful inexplicable that we made an exception. After being benched this week, Jones took to the podium to accidental goodbye to the franchise and fans but with, like, 7 games near successful the season," Duncan said successful a mocking tone. 

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"I’m sorry, you person to constitute this down? Didn’t you go to Duke?

"Do you guys deliberation helium had this saved successful his notes since, like, 2020? In each seriousness, DJ, I could person saved you similar 90 seconds. A re-write: ‘Sorry you paid maine $108 cardinal for 1 playoff win. And I look guardant to reviving my vocation as Brock Purdy’s backup.’ The end." 

Duncan came nether occurrence connected societal media for her conception and clapped backmost connected X Saturday morning. 

New York Giants backmost Daniel Jones attends a quality league aft a signifier successful Munich, Germany,Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)

"It started flurrying this greeting aft a astonishing magnitude of snowfall connected my thrust yesterday. I conjecture you could accidental I can’t look to flight each these snowflakes," Duncan wrote.

Jones was officially released Saturday and tin motion with different squad arsenic soon arsenic Tuesday if helium clears waivers Monday. 

Tommy DeVito volition commencement for the Giants erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, and Drew Lock volition beryllium the backup quarterback.

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