It’s been that kind of year for the New York Giants. One for the record books.
And not the good kind of records.
The Giants were hoping to etch some exciting new team records into the books in their 100th season as a franchise. Instead, they’re likely to enter the books on the negative side of the ledger.
One record they are closing in on is consecutive losses. They are currently on an eight-game skid and face the explosive Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens as 14.5-point underdogs this Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
The franchise record for consecutive losses is nine, first set in 1976 and then tied in 2003-2004 and again in 2019.
The odds of the Giants winning this game are +700, or in layman’s terms, not a chance. The rest of their schedule offers no safe harbor, either.
Their final three games are: at Atlanta, home versus Indianapolis, and a trip down the Turnpike to face Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles.
“Unfortunately, I’ve been part of some losing streaks like this and some winning streaks. I think you are part of a lot of different things when you do it for as long as I have,” head coach Brian Daboll told reporters on Monday.
“You get a little bit of roll; you start playing good. Turnovers are a big, usually a big factor in that. Situational football is usually a big factor in that. Whether that be red zone, third down, and that helps scoring points, or preventing points. I’ve been part of a few of them where we started out and had a fair amount of losses, finished strong. Again, every season’s different, every game’s different.”
The Giants are also on the verge of setting a record for home losses in a season. They are 0-7 this year with two games remaining. They are currently tied for the franchise record, which was set back in 1974 and equaled in both 1983 and 2003.
In 1974, the Giants were winless (0-7) at home under first-year head coach Bill Arnsparger. It’s the only time in their 100 years of existence that they did not win a game at home.
In 1983, they went 1-7 at home under another first-year head coach, Bill Parcells. In 2003, the Giants went 1-7 in Jim Fassel’s final year as head coach.
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