Do you remember that version of the Giants beating Super Bowls over Tom Brady? Well, those memories comfort the fans of the New York franchise a bit, because it is an escape from reality. The Giants not only failed to qualify for the playoffs, but the owner, John MaraHe admitted that he had never felt so embarrassed since joining the team.
Mara became a co-owner and president of the Giants in 2005 and since then won the 2008 and 2012 Super Bowls, both against the Pats, but for a few years now, the Giants have not walked. For the fifth year in a row, the Giants finished the regular season negative.
In 2021-22, the Giants finished 4-13 (four wins and 13 losses). The last loss was to Washington, 22-7, and hours after that loss, Dave Gettlemen, general manager, left the team, as well as the head coach, Joe Judge.
“Yes, it is the most embarrassing season. We have to start from scratch again. I kept thinking we had hit rock bottom and then each week we got a little worse ”, mentioned in a virtual press conference, okay con The Athletic.
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Why is the owner of the Giants embarrassed?
The Giants are not having a good time, to the extent that Aaron Rodgers made fun of the formations of the franchise, but that bad moment has dragged on since 2017, when they finished 3-13.
In 2018 they won only five games and in 2019, only four. In 2020 things seemed to improve, with six wins, but in the season just ended (2021-22), the mark fell to 4-13.
The worrying and embarrassing thing is that The Giants closed with six consecutive losses and in only five of those games did they break the 10-point barrier.. Faced with this situation, John Mara decided to clear the ground with the departure of Gettleman, after four years in the organization, and Judge, who endured two years.
Judge is the third coach to leave after up to two seasons. Before Pat Shurmur and Ben McAdoo passed. “I dug a hole so deep that I didn’t see a clear path out of it. unless we fully exploited it and started all over again with a new manager and head coach. “Mara said.
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Five seasons to forget
The last time the Giants played in the playoffs, it was in the wild card series in January 2017, when they were defeated by the Packers, then it all fell apart, with five seasons of negative records. Who can rescue the Giants?
This is how the Giants closed the last 5 seasons
Season: Record
2021-22: 4-13
2020-21: 6-10
2019-20: 4-12
2018-19: 5-11
2017-18: 3-13
Coaches fired (and those who could leave) at the close of the NFL season
