Giants on track for historically bad interception drought

The first commercial spacewalk happened more recently than the Giants’ last interception.It has been 68 days and nine games since the Giants’ one and only interception of the season — made by rookie linebacker Darius Muasau in the meaningless final three minutes of a season-opening 22-point loss to the Vikings.“The statistic alone is a head-scratcher,” safety Jason Pinnock told The Post.“In [10] weeks? This is crazy.”How crazy?The 2017 Raiders defense set the modern NFL record (since 1933) by going 10 straight games — a span of 357 passes — without an interception, according to Elias Sports Bureau.One year later, the 49ers and Cardinals each endured an eight-game drought that has been eclipsed by the Giants, who will return from this week’s bye trying to avoid tying dubious history Nov.

24 against the Buccaneers.Are the opportunities there to be had?“Not enough.I think we need more,” defensive coordinator Shane Bowen said.

“It’s something we have to continue to work at.We have to find ways.”To add salt to the wound, former Giants captain Xavier McKinney is tied for the NFL lead with six interceptions in his first season with the Packers.

The Giants, Browns (one) and Jets (two) have four combined, but the Browns’ and Jets’ active droughts only cover four and five games, respectively.Asked this week about losing McKinney in free agency, general manager Joe Schoen pointed to his replacement, second-round pick Tyler Nubin.“He’s one of the only rookies playing 99 percent of the defensive play time,” Schoen said.“He’s leading rookies in tackles.

So, I’m excited about him.”On the surface, the dearth of interceptions makes no sense.Not just because fluky plays happen — a receiver slips, a tipped pass, a Hail Mary at the end of a half — but because the Giants lead the NFL with 36 sacks, and accepted football logic states that the pass rush and secondary go hand-in-hand.So, if the Giants are knocking around quarterbacks...