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?
Oh No!!! - ( New Window )
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.
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?
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?
Quote:
.
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.
Anyone remember...? ;-)
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.