New York Giants WR Kenny Golladay on getting just 2 snaps Sunday - 'I should be playing'

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants wide receiver Kenny Golladay didn't exactly like coach Brian Daboll's decision to play him for just two snaps in Sunday's 19-16 win over the Carolina Panthers.

«Of course I don't really agree with it. Or like it,» Golladay, who was talking to the media for the first time since the game, said Wednesday. «But I can only control what I can control, which is to come to work every day.»

Golladay, the Giants' prized free agent acquisition in 2021, did not see this coming. He said everyone in the organization has been telling him that he's been a pro and doing things the right way.

It makes this all quite confusing to Golladay.

«I should be playing regardless,» he said. «That's a fact.»

Golladay, 28, was supposed to be the Giants' No. 1 receiver when he was signed by the previous regime last offseason. He inked a four-year, $72 million deal and is getting paid $18 million this season.

But Golladay had a rough first year with the team in which he was hampered by injury and didn't score a touchdown. He had a procedure that kept him out this spring.

The signs were actually on the wall this summer when — despite consistently being on the field — Golladay looked compromised by the string of injuries. He surprisingly was one of the few veterans to play in the preseason finale, and he caught two passes for 22 yards in 42 snaps (most among Giants wide receivers) in the season-opening win over the Tennessee Titans.

Daboll said he told Golladay midway through last week that he was going with David Sills V over him against the Panthers. Sills went into the contest with two career catches for 17 yards. He is making $825,000 this season.

Golladay has 222 receptions for 3,611 yards and 21 career