Giants’ Brian Daboll on ‘very remorseful’ Evan Neal: ‘We’re transferring on’

Before Thursday’s practice, Giants coach Brian Daboll weighed in on right tackle Evan Neal ripping fans a day earlier.

Neal later apologized for his comments, which he made in an interview with NJ Advance Media.

“I think that Evan made a statement,” Daboll said. “We spoke. I know that he was very remorseful, regretful for the comments that he made. And we’re moving on.”

Daboll punted on a question about whether Neal might face discipline for his comments.

“My conversations with Evan will be private,” Daboll said.

Daboll also spoke more broadly about players handling criticism in tough circumstances.

“Look, I’ve said it before: You’ve got to be resilient in this league,” Daboll said. “It’s a humbling league, whether you’re winning a few games and then you start losing games — or you lose early. Be consistent in your approach, handle things the right way. We had a slip-up there. We spoke about it, and we’re moving on.”

Daboll was asked before Thursday’s practice if he thinks his team has an issue with composure.

“No, we’ve got to do a better job and improve,” he said. “When you’re down early in games, and you’re not playing the way we need to play — and I take full responsibility for that — we’ve got to do a better job and improve in certain areas.”

Daboll said he does not believe he is losing his grip on this locker room, early in his second season, in light of Neal’s comments Wednesday.

“No, I think he was frustrated, and he made a poor choice, a poor decision, poor comments,” Daboll said. “He acknowledged that. And we’re moving on.”

Still, Daboll’s Giants honeymoon clearly is over, after last season’s 9-7-1 record and wild-card playoff win in Minnesota (which was followed by a divisional round blowout loss at Philadelphia).

The Giants are 1-3 entering Sunday’s challenging game at Miami. Their losses have all been blowouts, and all in primetime — 40-0 against Dallas in Week 1, 30-12 at San Francisco in Week 3, and 24-3 against Seattle on Monday night at MetLife Stadium.

Neal and the Giants’ offensive line have struggled, as Daboll’s offense has delivered meager results, aside from the second half of the miracle comeback win at Arizona in Week 2. The Giants scored zero points in the first half of that game, then exploded for 31 in the second half.

The Giants have been out-scored 77-9 in the first half through four weeks.

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Darryl Slater may be reached at dslater@njadvancemedia.com.