The New York Giants sit at 2-5 after seven weeks and the last thing the fans are thinking about is the postseason. Most fans are more focused on the first-round draft pick next April, which will likely be spent on their quarterback of the future.
The Giants are 2-5 (or worse) for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. In those eight seasons, the Giants never finished with more than six wins.
But as we have just seen with the Mets here in New York, awful starts can be overcome. For the Giants, it would mean basically running the table for the rest of the season.
10 games are remaining on the schedule and they would have to likely win eight of those games to have a chance at the postseason.
There are precedents, which should give them hope. Since 1990, 10 teams who began the season at 2-5 have gone on to qualify for the playoffs. Five of those teams accomplished the feat since 2018 and at least one 2-5 team has done it in each of the last four seasons.
If they fall to 2-6, their chances diminish greatly. Only three teams in the Super Bowl era who began the season losing six of their first eight games have qualified for the postseason (Cincinnati in 1970, Washington in 2020, and Jacksonville in 2022).
Of course, the Giants would have to clean a lot of issues up, plus solve their offensive woes, but anything is possible.
The play each of their NFC East rivals once more with road games at Pittsburgh and Atlanta plus Carolina in Germany. They play at home against Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Baltimore and Indianapolis.
Keep the faith.
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