There’s a complete lot crammed into 100 years of taking part in the sport. That span means the Giants have been there, performed that, repeatedly, again and again. Every part has handed by way of their gates. Nice triumphs. Abject failure. The winds of change and the stillness of sameness. Championship moments. Despair within the air.
This present cycle is certainly one of stationary bicycle inertia, greater than a decade’s value of dropping, making it really feel not possible to leap off the wheel and begin anew. For a franchise that’s marking its centennial — sure, marking, as “celebrating” went out the window way back and it’s not an applicable description of the proceedings — it is a darkish interval that has held on for too lengthy. There’s a mild up forward, although, and the glow of alternative corresponding to this has not been seen in 60 years.
If all goes proper — that means sufficient goes improper on the sphere these final two video games (vs. the Colts and on the Eagles) — the Giants will select first in the 2025 NFL Draft. The famed No. 1 decide. Numero uno. King of the hill, high of the heap.
The Giants are actually the lone group within the league with solely two wins and thus they management their future, so far as holding onto the No. 1 decide. There have been loads of questions on what kind of group the Giants could be this season and figuring they might win solely 5 or 6 video games was a projection that many shared. Being in place for the highest decide was not a improvement many thought doable. However right here we’re.
