As summer begins to fade, the New York Giants celebrate their 100th season.
Brand new throwback uniforms designed to pay homage to past teams were introduced, documentaries and podcasts were produced, a list of the top 100 players in franchise history was released, and several other events were planned.
But throughout the 13 weeks, what happened in East Rutherford feels like more than just a celebration.
The team is 2-10, with calls for the firing of general manager Joe Schon and head coach Brian Daboll, captain Daniel Jones has been fired, and fellow captains Dexter Lawrence and Andrew Thomas have been fired. left midway through the season, and several of the team’s former star players left. They’re dominating the league.
It’s more of a funeral than a party.
For co-owner John Mara, things couldn’t get any worse. The Giants are doormats. He is a laughing stock and the centerpiece of all jokes. It was humiliating.
They’re setting records, but not the positive kind. They recently became the first team in NFL history to go 11 games without an interception, a streak they would love to see end.
Unfortunately for Mara and the Giants, things could get even worse. Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post layout.
If they lose each of their final five games, their winning percentage will be .118, better than the 1966 team that went 1-12-1 (.107) and second-worst in baseball behind only two other winning teams. It will be the result. In 1947, 1964, 1973 and 1974.
This is the first time they have not won in the NFC East. The Giants have finished in last place 14 times since becoming full members of the division in 1970, but what happens when they lose to the Eagles in Week 18 and fall to 0-6 against their three rivals? I have never faced that.
This is the first time they haven’t won at home since 1974, when they played in the Yale Bowl while waiting for their first home to be built in the Meadowlands. In 2003 and 1983, both teams went 1-7 at Giants Ballpark.
For the first time since 1953, when there were only 12 franchises, they scored the fewest points in the NFL.
The late Billy Mays said: There are others too! ”
His current seven-game start is tied for seventh worst, and he is closing in on the record of three consecutive nine-game starts (1976, 2003-2004, 2019).
The Giants already own the modern record (since 1933) for consecutive games without an interception after 11 innings. The 2018 49ers set a record for fewest interceptions in a season with two, and no Giants team had fewer than six interceptions (in 2022) since the statistic was first recorded in 1940. .
It’s important to remember what Mara said about the 100th Season Celebration before this year started.
“We’re all excited about it. We’re a little nervous because we want to make sure our 100th season is a success,” Mara said via Giants.com. “You want to be successful in any season, but especially this one. There’s a lot of history behind those 100 years.”
How the mighty have fallen.
Leave it to the Giants to celebrate the milestone of perhaps one of the worst seasons in franchise history.
