Breaking down Giants top storylines as miserable season reaches bye week
Once again, the bye week might as well be a goodbye for the Giants. A goodbye, as in “adios,” as in “see ya,” as in parting ways with a season that went nowhere, accomplished little and set the franchise back rather than move it forward to bigger and better things. There is nothing bigger or better about the 2024 Giants.They are 2-8 and take a five-game losing streak into their final stretch of seven games, none of which will contain any shred of playoff implications. There were no great expectations for this team heading into the season, but there was at least some hope that with the return to health of Daniel Jones, the arrival of rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers, a revamped (once again) offensive line, two new coordinators and some added firepower on defense, the Giants could hang out on the fringe of contention. That has not happened.
They are 0-4 against the NFC East and 0-5 at MetLife Stadium, hearing jeers and disgust when playing at home.What likely comes next at the Meadowlands will be even more distressing: The eerie sound of silence from unoccupied seats. This has been a setback for the regime of general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll.
Co-owner John Mara, when the Giants were 2-5, said that he would not fire that power duo during this season, “and I do not anticipate making any changes in the offseason, either.” Since making that declaration, the Giants have lost to the Steelers (by eight points), Commanders (by five points) and Panthers (by three points in overtime), defeats that would test anyone’s patience.Heading into Week 11, the Giants held the No.
2 pick in the 2025 draft, a spot no one in the building expected the organization to hold three years into the rebuild. Can the Giants salvage a few games down the stretch to at least make their final record look better than the unsightliness of 2-15, 3-14 or 4-13? How much does that matter, anyway? The questions up ahead for this franchise are all fairly depressin...