The New York Giants are 2-7 after 9 weeks of the 2024 season, one wherein their possession and entrance workplace believed they’d be aggressive.
As a substitute, they sit in final place within the NFC East with little hope of successful it after getting swept by division chief Washington this previous Sunday.
Because the commerce deadline handed on Tuesday afternoon, the Giants had 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 accordance 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 document.
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 12 months. The Giants play them this week in Germany in a sport that isn’t match for public consumption.
The Giants are final in factors per sport (15.4) which is a sliver decrease than they had been final season (15.6) and are twenty sixth in whole 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 share (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 gained 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 decide in proposed offers, and vast receiver Darius Slayton’s commerce worth slipped away after struggling a concussion final Sunday.
So, what do Big followers should stay up for for the rest of the season? Clearly, the draft and probably one other top-5 decide, however after that, not a lot.
After their sport in Germany this Sunday, they are going to head right into a much-needed bye. After that, they’re up in opposition to a gauntlet of playoff contenders in Tampa Bay, Baltimore, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia.
The one respites, imagine it to not, are a Thanksgiving sport in Dallas in opposition to a reeling Cowboys crew and a house sport versus New Orleans.
The Giants have tried nearly all the pieces to cease this free fall however nothing has labored. In the event that they win 4 video games, they will think about themselves lucky.
