Danny Dimes a favorite among the tailgaters

CHICAGO — Commiserating Giants and Bears fans were on the same page about two key points on Sunday: first, a sunny 45 degree day in late November makes for great tailgating on Lake Michigan in the Windy City.

And second, if they could start a team tomorrow, they’d rather have Daniel Jones at quarterback than Mitchell Trubisky.

“I’d take Daniel Jones,” said Bears fan Joe Sikora, 42, a logistics broker from Lincoln Park. “I was the biggest Trubisky supporter when we drafted him.

But he’ll never start at quarterback for the Bears again after this season. The city wouldn’t allow it.”

Behind Sikora in the Field Museum lot, a disc jockey friend worked the tables and iPads, blasting music over loudspeakers at a booming tailgate the Bears

(5-6) frankly don’t deserve.

Sikora, who has attended every Bears game at Soldier Field since 2007, doesn’t put it all on Trubisky. He said it’s hard to know where the quarterback’s head is with coach Matt Nagy “selling him down the river.”

And he still prefers his Bears’ future to the Giants’ overall, so that explains why his spirits remain high. Well, that and the drink in his hand.

“Once the offense rolls, we could get to the Super Bowl in a heartbeat,” he said.

Ryan Murphy, 32, an engineer from Wilmington, N.C., can’t say the same about his Giants’ immediate future. But the constant losing did not prevent Murphy, his cousin and two friends, who grew up together in Milford, Conn., from making their annual trip to a Giants road game.

And they’ve placed their hope in Jones for many reasons. But chief among them?

“He’s Eli Jr.,” Murphy said with a smile.

For Giants fans, including this festive foursome in the Adler Planetarium Lot, this is the highest possible comment they can give a quarterback.

Indeed, their allegiances will always lie with the twotime Super Bowl MVP over anyone. Steve Callahan’s jersey was a good reminder of just that: the 32-year-old consultant from Milford wore a blue Odell Beckham Jr. jersey with a red “X” across the back.

Murphy’s cousin Josh Willey, 33, a network technician, even admitted it’s easier to be more patient with Jones’ turnover problems as a rookie quarterback because Manning went through the same thing in 2004.

“It helps us get over it,” Willey said.

Manning’s benching still bother them, though, even as they root hard for Jones. As accountant Steve Genova, 32, said: “I knew the transition had to happen, but I didn’t like how it happened.”

Even Murphy, who has come around on the Jones pick after being down on it in

April, didn’t like seeing Manning sat down in Week 3.

“I was pissed then and I’m still pissed,” Murphy said. “I hated that he got benched.”

Murphy does believe that “D.J. is gonna get us a Super Bowl,” however, “if we can give him and O-line and defense.”

Longtime Bears seasonticket holder Dave Cook, 48, a teacher from Oak Forest, knows his team needs to win a Super Bowl sooner because the cupboard is bare of draft assets.

They traded up in the draft for Trubisky, which adds insult to injury, and offloaded more picks to Jon Gruden’s Oakland Raiders for Khalil Mack.

“The Bears can’t even tank this year because it only gives Chucky a better draft pick!” Cook, a ticket-holder since 1991, cracks as he tests some meat off the grill.

Cook says he doesn’t blame all of the offensive ineptitude on Trubisky.

“I think Nagy is the biggest disappointment” he said, citing a lack of ingame adjustments and a once-creative offensive scheme that has gone stale.

If Chicago does change QBs, Cook foresees a veteran retread rather than a shiny new young QB, however, due to the lack of draft picks and the roster’s need to win soon.

Now fortunately, none of this discouraging conversation of disappointing teams got anyone’s mood too down. Murphy said it’s just in Giants’ fans’ nature to be brutally honest.

“New York is a tough city to play in: we love you when you’re good and hate you when you’re bad,” he said.

But wait just one minute now. No one’s saying Chicago’s soft on its clubs, either. Just ask Cook: is there a chance Trubisky could return as the starter in 2020?

“The Bears are that stupid,” he said. “Yeah.”