This season has been a rough one for Giants fans across the country, myself included. The New York Giants just can’t seem to string together a few wins. Before winning last night against the Miami Dolphins, the Giants had dropped 3 straight games. In fact yesterday was the first time the Giants hadn’t choked in 3 games, something that has been all too common this season. In the 3 games leading up to the Dolphins game, the Giants have led going into the 4th quarter in 2 of the 3 games. The Giants were leading 23-17 going against the Patriots and 20-10 against the Jets going into the 4th quarter, yet they still managed to lose both games. In the Redskins game, the Giants managed to make a mini comeback in the 4th quarter just to fall short. The Giants just haven’t been able to finish games, whether it be against the Cowboys, Saints, Patriots, Jets, Redskins, and Falcons. These are six games in which the Giants could and should have one. In fact if it weren’t for this constant inability to finish games, the Giants would be 11-1. A great example of choking is when they lost to the Cowboys in week 1, big blue allowed the Cowboys to score 2 touchdowns in the last quarter. One of which came in the last minute and a half, a situation where the Cowboys didn’t even have any timeouts. The Giants chances at the playoffs are becoming thinner week by week, and this team can only be remembered as what could have been.
This season has been as painstaking as it can get for a Giants fan. I’ve felt the pain of watching this promising Giants team come up short every week. This team really could have been good. As I stated in the paragraph above, if the Giants weren’t so prone to choking then they could potentially be 11-1 instead of 6-7. Every week I watch the Giants blow a lead in the 4th quarter. In a very bad NFC East, the Giants should be leading by a landslide, yet somehow their on the brink of missing out on the playoffs. Each week the Giants manage to mess up in the 4th quarter and inch farther and farther away from the playoffs. It is frustrating to just see a team that should be locked in for the playoffs, slowly fade out of the playoff picture. The Giants chances at the playoffs are looking bleak, breaking the hearts of every Giants fan in the country. As of the current NFC East standings, the Giants are technically in a 3 way tie for first with the Eagles and Redskins. But when you look at the 3 teams final 3 games, you realize that the Giants probably won’t make it in. The Eagles have a decent schedule, playing the Cardinals, Redskins, and Giants. The Redskins have an easy schedule, playing the Bills, Eagles, and then Cowboys. And then your stuck with the Giants who have to play the Panthers, Vikings, and Eagles in their last 3 games. Unless the Giants can pull off a miracle and win all three of these games, their playoff chances may as well be gone. As a Giants fan myself, I’ve withered through the pain of this mediocre team and now realize that they’re not going to make the playoffs. It’s time to give up on this Big Blue Choking Crew and throw in the towel. We can only hope for next season.
~Jeffrey