The New York Giants are 2-7 after 9 weeks of the 2024 season, one during 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 successful it after getting swept by division chief Washington this previous Sunday.
Because the commerce deadline handed on Tuesday afternoon, the Giants have been neither consumers nor sellers, principally sitting silently except for 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 information 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 hearth 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 have 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 lifeless final in pink zone scoring share (40.0) which speaks volumes to their incapability 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 — exterior linebacker Azeez Ojulari — didn’t return a palatable sufficient draft decide in proposed offers, and broad 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 towards a gauntlet of playoff contenders in Tampa Bay, Baltimore, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia.
The one respites, consider it to not, are a Thanksgiving sport in Dallas towards a reeling Cowboys staff and a house sport versus New Orleans.
The Giants have tried nearly all the things to cease this free fall however nothing has labored. In the event that they win 4 video games, they’ll take into account themselves lucky.
