The New York Giants are 2-7 after 9 weeks of the 2024 season, one by which their possession and entrance workplace believed they’d be aggressive.
As an alternative, they sit in final place within the NFC East with little hope of profitable it after getting swept by division chief Washington this previous Sunday.
Because the commerce deadline handed on Tuesday afternoon, the Giants have been neither patrons nor sellers, principally sitting silently except some minor housekeeping.
The Giants would wish the seas to half to ensure that them to even determine into the wild card hunt. In line with NFLGSIS.com, they’re sixteenth out of 16 within the NFC.
They’re tied with the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints with 2-7 data however are behind them by advantage of their 1-5 convention report.
To place issues into perspective, the Saints simply fired head coach Dennis Allen and the Panthers have been a tire fireplace for years now.
Since final qualifying for the postseason in 2017, the Panthers have averaged 5 wins per yr. The Giants play them this week in Germany in a recreation that’s not match for public consumption.
The Giants are final in factors per recreation (15.4) which is a sliver decrease than they have been final season (15.6) and are twenty sixth in complete offense. This after head coach Brian Daboll took over the play calling this season in hopes of turning the offense right into a high unit within the NFL.
The Giants are useless final in pink zone scoring proportion (40.0) which speaks volumes to their lack of ability to attain factors. They’ve scored over 20 factors solely 3 times this season and received two of these video games.
With Tuesday being the NFL commerce deadline, their most marketable participant — outdoors linebacker Azeez Ojulari — didn’t return a palatable sufficient draft choose in proposed offers, and extensive receiver Darius Slayton’s commerce worth slipped away after struggling a concussion final Sunday.
So, what do Large followers need to sit up for for the rest of the season? Clearly, the draft and presumably one other top-5 choose, however after that, not a lot.
After their recreation in Germany this Sunday, they may head right into a much-needed bye. After that, they’re up towards a gauntlet of playoff contenders in Tampa Bay, Baltimore, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia.
The one respites, consider it to not, are a Thanksgiving recreation in Dallas towards a reeling Cowboys crew and a house recreation versus New Orleans.
The Giants have tried nearly every little thing to cease this free fall however nothing has labored. In the event that they win 4 video games, they’ll contemplate themselves lucky.