The one centesimal season of the Giants was meant to rejoice the previous however may wind up making all of the flawed sorts of historical past as a substitute.
Combined in with the introduction of a Century Purple uniform, lists recognizing all-time nice gamers and moments, a neighborhood caravan, a documentary on late pioneering crew proprietor Wellington Mara, and well-received occasions that introduced followers nearer to their favourite Tremendous Bowl-winning legends has been … a lot shedding that it begs an uncomfortable query.
Is the one centesimal crew in Giants historical past truly the worst crew in Giants historical past?
You possibly can wager that common supervisor Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll didn’t pitch that concept throughout any strategic planning conferences, however the unhappy actuality is that 2024 may not clear the bottom bar now that the Giants have misplaced seven straight to fall to 2-10.
It calls to thoughts proprietor John Mara’s phrases previewing the season.
“We’re all excited about it. A little nervous because we want to make sure that the 100th season, you’d like it to be a successful one,” Mara advised Giants.com. “You’d like every season to be successful, but particularly this one. A lot of history behind those 100 years.”
Unsuccessful could be an understatement. All of the worst seasons in franchise historical past — the 501 factors allowed in 1966, the eight-game, season-ending shedding streak in 2003, and the Invoice Parcells-Phil Simms drama of 1983, to call just a few — have new firm.
The Giants may end this season …
* With their worst 16- or 17-game season file. Shedding the ultimate 5 video games — as underdogs in every — would imply a .118 successful share that will be the franchise’s second-worst — forward of the 1966 crew that went 1-12-1 (.107) and behind different two-win outfits in 1947, 1964, 1973 and 1974.
* Winless within the NFC East for the primary time. Since completely becoming a member of the division in 1970, the Giants have completed in final place 14 occasions, however by no means confronted what would occur in the event that they lose to the Eagles in Week 18 to go 0-6 in opposition to their three rivals.
The perfect hope of avoiding that doubtful distinction is likely to be if the Eagles have already got clinched their playoff positioning and are resting starters.
* Winless at residence for the primary time since 1974, once they have been taking part in on the Yale Bowl whereas ready for his or her first Meadowlands residence to be constructed. The 2003 and 1983 groups each went 1-7 at Giants Stadium.
By shedding to the Cowboys — who had been 0-5 with deficits of no less than 20 factors in every of their residence video games this season — the Giants (0-6) are left because the NFL’s final winless crew at residence. The Saints (4-7), Ravens (8-4) and Colts (5-7) nonetheless have to go to.
* With the fewest factors scored within the NFL for the primary time since 1953, when there solely have been 12 franchises.
Beginning three quarterbacks for the third time up to now 4 years, the Giants are averaging 15.3 factors per sport. It could be the fifth time up to now eight seasons that the Giants have ranked bottom-three in scoring, however there all the time was another person — normally the Jets — worse till now.
* With the longest shedding streak in franchise historical past, single-season or in any other case. The present seven-game slide is tied for the seventh-worst mark and is creeping up on the three-time file of 9 in a row (1976, 2003-04 and 2019).
Until an unretired Eli Manning goes to avoid wasting the day like he did when he got here off the bench to start out for an injured Daniel Jones and ended the nine-game skid in 2019 in his last profession sport, the Giants may attain 12 straight losses by season’s finish.
* With the fewest interceptions by a protection in NFL historical past. The Giants already personal the fashionable file (since 1933) for consecutive video games with out an interception at 11 and counting. The 2018 49ers set the file for fewest single-season interceptions with two, and the Giants haven’t had a crew with fewer than six (2022) because the statistic was first tracked in 1940.
The load of an unwelcome place in historical past just isn’t misplaced on the 2 architects.
Schoen claimed to “fully understand the responsibility that comes with being the general manager of the New York Football Giants” on his first day on the job. Every week later, on his first day, Daboll known as it a “historic franchise.”
One thousand thirty-three days later, an embattled Daboll spoke once more on the heels of Thursday’s loss to the Cowboys.
“We’ll do everything we can do to go out there and play well and get a win,” a forward-looking Daboll stated. “We have a lot of confidence in our people. Obviously not where we want to be by any stretch of the imagination.”
