There has been a lot of talk about players being mic'd up after the Sam Darnold situation on Monday Night Football. New York Giants coach Pat Shurmur was asked by Newsday his thoughts on the situation, and he said it's not something he is fond on.

“You might expect my answer when it comes to mics,” he said of players being wired for sound that is then aired on the broadcasts or other outlets. “I’m not fond of them. I think there are things that get said and corrected during the game that should be internal in my opinion.”

Darnold told Adam Gase that he was “seeing ghosts” against the Patriots defense and since Darnold was mic'd up, the entire world got to hear it on the ESPN broadcast.

The Giants have two upcoming games on Monday Night Football where a Giants player might be asked to wear a microphone. The Giants currently don't have a policy for such requests, but Shurmur has made it clear he hopes the team will decline the requests.

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“I know that outside, it’s kind of interesting and nice for broadcasts to see that stuff,” Shurmur said. “If you ask me my opinion about mics, I’m not fond of it. Plus, when you have a mic, then some of what you’re communicating at the line of scrimmage now becomes public record.”

It will be interesting to see if the Giants will let Daniel Jones or any other player be mic'd up after what has happened to their cross-town rivals.