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December 15, 1974

Bramton1 : 9/21/2014 7:50 pm
Nate Silver's Five-ThirtyEight Twitter posted a measurement of each franchise's highest and lowest points of their history. Our highest was Super Bowl XXI, which I can agree with. But our lowest was on December 15, 1974. On that day, we last 26-14 to the St. Louis Cardinals.

What am I missing?
2-12  
Steve in South Jersey : 9/21/2014 7:57 pm : link
season over
Sounds about right,  
4thand17 : 9/21/2014 8:04 pm : link
in the middle of the dark ages of Giants history, and I think they were homeless during the mid 70's (playing at Shea and the Yale Bowl).
how do you even choose the low point  
twostepgiants : 9/21/2014 8:06 pm : link
of Jets history?
and to make things worse  
Steve in South Jersey : 9/21/2014 8:11 pm : link
the Giants had traded their pick that year for Craig Morton. The Cowboys selected Randy White with that pick.
The Fumble  
Peter in Atlanta : 9/21/2014 8:12 pm : link
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1987 draft...  
Bold Ruler : Mod : 9/21/2014 8:14 pm : link
"New York Jets 1st round pick...Full Back...'OH NO!!!!' Roger Vick, Texas A & M.
Oh No!!! - ( New Window )
RE: The Fumble  
BillT : 9/21/2014 8:23 pm : link
In comment 11874925 Peter in Atlanta said:
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Was actually one of the best things ever to have happened to the Giants. It lead to Wellington being replaced as head of football operations by Geoge Young. The rest, as they say, is history.
Yep. The Fumble...  
Pete in CO : 9/21/2014 8:52 pm : link
...nowhere else to go but upward from there. Even Rozelle intervened to "save" a floundering team from itself. Changed the whole course of history for our G-men.
I'm younger  
TheNeumann64 : 9/21/2014 8:54 pm : link
and I'm sure this could be argued either way, but to me 42 has to go above 21. Just has to.
I will always be thankful to Chris Mara  
Steve in South Jersey : 9/21/2014 8:54 pm : link
for standing up after the fumble and forcing change. Without "The Fumble", I am not sure the Giants have any Super Bowls.
Steve: Are you sure it was Chris Mara?  
Jupiter : 9/21/2014 9:08 pm : link
I would have expected that from Tim Mara which created more friction between him and Wellington.
brain cramp  
Steve in South Jersey : 9/21/2014 9:09 pm : link
yes, Tim Mara!
Here's the chart  
Bramton1 : 9/21/2014 10:47 pm : link
Funny that the Redskins experienced their low point last season against us. That said, they did make Jerrigan look like a star, so maybe it's warranted.

RE: I'm younger  
Bramton1 : 9/21/2014 10:50 pm : link
In comment 11875038 TheNeumann64 said:
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and I'm sure this could be argued either way, but to me 42 has to go above 21. Just has to.


I was 8 on the day of SB21. I didn't watch any of the game. I taped the game when it was replayed on TV instead of Week 3 of the 1987 season, and watched it often.

Super Bowl XLII was special. But it doesn't compare to XXI, the official end of a 23-year nightmare for the New York Giants.
RE: I will always be thankful to Chris Mara  
ed90631 : 9/21/2014 11:06 pm : link
In comment 11875040 Steve in South Jersey said:
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for standing up after the fumble and forcing change. Without "The Fumble", I am not sure the Giants have any Super Bowls.


Didn't Pete Rozelle "suggest" to the Mara's that they hire George Young as GM, implying to the Giant's ownership that the NFL could no longer afford to have such an embarassment as one of its flagship franchises?
Thanks for posting...  
Dan in the Springs : 9/22/2014 12:34 am : link
I liked looking at Philly's high. Really brought a smile to my face.

Then I looked at Dallas' high and thought - man, that's twenty years of down for them.

Finally I looked at Washington's high. I felt a little sorry for their fans that it was in the 80's. Of course, I realize that it's unfair to disregard their more recent Superbowl. After all, just going off the chart would make it seem like the Giants haven't done anything since XXI. So I guess Washington fans can be happy they had '92!

;> Why do I take such pleasure in hating the NFC East teams this much?
RE: RE: The Fumble  
Peter in Atlanta : 9/22/2014 7:21 am : link
In comment 11874943 BillT said:
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In comment 11874925 Peter in Atlanta said:


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Was actually one of the best things ever to have happened to the Giants. It lead to Wellington being replaced as head of football operations by Geoge Young. The rest, as they say, is history.


It was the best thing to happen, but, it was the absolute bottom.
The Fumble happened against the Eagles  
Mark C : 9/22/2014 2:05 pm : link
not the Cardinals.
Gosh, what happened after 01/20/2008  
SwirlingEddie : 9/22/2014 2:14 pm : link
to knock NE off its highest ever ELO rating?

Anyone remember...? ;-)
It must really stink to be a Lions fan.  
Big Blue Blogger : 9/22/2014 2:58 pm : link
They "peaked" almost 45 years ago, and weren't all that good even then.

Interesting to see some of the successful, trough-to-peak rebuilding programs: the Cowboys under Johnson (Thank you, Mike Lynn), the Jets under Parcells, the Panthers under Fox, the Eagles under Reid, etc.
For me, the Giants bottomed out on October 24, 1976.  
Big Blue Blogger : 9/22/2014 3:08 pm : link
Second game in the new stadium: a dreary, rain-soaked 27-0 loss to the Steel Curtain that dropped NYG to 0-7 and drove home the enormous chasm between our team and the NFL's best. Pittsburgh had Mike Kruczek at QB, and it made no difference at all.
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