Which of the 4 Giants losses was toughest? Pick your poison

Was 2011.

In comment 12288999 mattlawson said:

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Was 2011.

I thought the 2010 was capable of winning the Super Bowl. The 2008 team too. In retrospect, how amazing would it have been to win back to back twice during the Coughlin/Eli era?

As a huge Simms fan, I took the flipper game really hard. That loss was largely his fault.

IMO, #4 doesn't belong on the list. There was another game the next week (an ugly game, but still...). Among losses to Philly, I think January 2009 was worse.

Then the Vikings playoff and the Eagles mess as I was at both and they really sucked.

Then Junkin.

to get a bye in a weak NFC field. I do believe a Giants win would have eliminated GB too.

Flipper was the worst by far.

Green Bay would not have been in that year.

but fuck you, Kinard.

whether you'd rather be diagnosed with brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer or lung cancer

In comment 12289006 Sean said:

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to get a bye in a weak NFC field. I do believe a Giants win would have eliminated GB too.

It turned out it eould have been chi and arizona at home for gmen.

Gb doesnt win sb without giants collapse.

They would have been eliminated.

In comment 12289058 81_Great_Dane said:

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whether you'd rather be diagnosed with brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer or lung cancer

Not really..Pancreatic Cancer has almost a zero shot to survive..:)

always stink the worst?

Bowl hurt more!

pick at old scabs.

The Flipper pass came at halftime. There was plenty of time to make that up, and they didn't. The Rams were a better team that year.

The SF game shouldn't be on the list. If you can't kick a clean field goal in that situation, you don't deserve to win. Expecting the referees to bail you out of that situation by calling PI on a wounded duck thrown to a guard is childish.

#1 and #3 and I don't remember vividly (wasn't a fan in '89). #4 sucked, but was ultimately meaningless as we won the Super Bowl the following year.

Hell, you could argue that we owe everything that's happened since 2004 to losing at Candlestick in the '03 playoffs.

In comment 12289263 HomerJones45 said:

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The Flipper pass came at halftime. There was plenty of time to make that up, and they didn't. The Rams were a better team that year.

WHAT?

to have such a lead and to lose on a botch play and call.

Before that lost 97 was it for me. Another complete and other meltdown. Defense was fighting on the sidelines and still remember Carter's smirk watching it. The most satisfying thing about 41-0 was how awesome to see Carter's face in misery.

Then comes that Rams game. NFLN loves showing that damn game. I still don't understand what happened. I remember being in just total shock and how long did espn keep rolling with Anderson just running off to the tunnel. I thought it was the end but next year wonderful surprise. So that eased that lost.

2010, was a bad lost but I didn't expect anything if that team made the playoffs and it was a regular season game. Jackson running down the field and then TC running right on the field after Dodge was crazy. I really thought Coughlin was going to take a swing on Dodge though.

But I want to add the Feely Seattle loss. Wow! Someone posted a gif of Shockey happily pointing at the camera and then turning around in disbelief.

Too young to remember 1 or 3

This past seasons eagles game ranks up there with them. Things were starting to look good for the first time in a while then they got shut out in Philly and Cruz has a horrific injury. Personally that might have been the most demoralizing game I've ever watched.

That team should have went to the title game and our games with SF were always battles. They were the better team, but you never know. We beat Denver in Denver in regular season, so we had an outside shot of winning super bowl. That was the toughest, by far.

Second was easily SF, that team wasn't winning a super bowl, but they were a live dog. Tiki was fumbling but was at his peak. Our offense was really, really good. Doubt we would have beat TB, but it was a game I really wanted to see. Conversely, the 97 team was so bad offensively and we would have gotten torched in GB.

The Philadelphia game stunk and was extremely painful, but the bottom line we had the chance to show up the following week against again and didn't. Our season wasn't over after philly game and that matters a lot. The rivalry and how bad the 97 team was probably pushes it over the minny game, but not nearly as bad as flipper or sf.

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watching that i was literally laughing like an asylum patient i just could not believe 30 year old injury prone vick really did that to us.

In comment 12289342 Montreal Man said:

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But I want to add the Feely Seattle loss. Wow! Someone posted a gif of Shockey happily pointing at the camera and then turning around in disbelief.

Strahan telling Owens to take a look at the score board and a quarter later Owens kept pointing at the scoreboard. It was so bad.

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I hated flipper Anderson and I hate the eagles.

It sucked.

but it's worth remembering that the Giants tend to take these hideous losses and turn them into something better down the line.

1989 gave way to Super Bowl XXV, the 2003 meltdown put us on the path to landing Eli, and the 2010 nightmare led directly to the 2011 Super Bowl championship.

It's not like this is the Eagles, whose painful losses just linger without a championship to ease the pain.

finale when we were playing Dallas for top seed and lost as Emmitt Smaith ran all over us with a bum shoulder.

In comment 12288988 Big Blue '56 said:

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Rams, whether we won or lost..They were an extemely tough out

True dat. The rams always let you know just who you really were, those games were won and lost on the lines. a 5 year old could watch those games and tell which way the wind was blowing.

Just because of what was at stake.

because it was a playoff game that we basically dominated and had such a huge lead. You could see a full team meltdown on both offense and defense.

This team had a chance to go to the Superbowl which is why this loss was the toughest.

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Anderson running through the tunnel.

Flipper game was toughest of those three. The stadium just went dead quiet. It was eerie and devastating.

None of those games touched the 49's meltdown for me. That one was going so well, the domination so complete. And then it all came apart. It was physically painful. I just laid on the floor of my living room curled up in the fetal position at the end. By far the worst for me.

I will go in a different direction .
Jerry Rice going 80 yards on the last play of the game .
Landetta whiffing a punt vs the Bears .
Rickey Watters scoring 6 tds running right by an
aging LT .
Vai Sickahema Punching the goal posts after kick return .

they should have won it that year. It was a frustrating game all around. Bill called it the worst in game coaching job he ever did.

In comment 12289263 HomerJones45 said:

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The Flipper pass came at halftime. There was plenty of time to make that up, and they didn't. The Rams were a better team that year. The SF game shouldn't be on the list. If you can't kick a clean field goal in that situation, you don't deserve to win. Expecting the referees to bail you out of that situation by calling PI on a wounded duck thrown to a guard is childish.

halftime? What alternative universe are you living in?

it had to be the 2010 Eagles game.

Flipper ran into the tunnel and the stadium emptied. If that was really halftime everyone in the building missed the extra half that they played. Did we keep it close Homer?? LMAO

In comment 12289777 mirwin said:

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The Shockey celebration video always reminds me of a pro-wrestling manager who starts celebrating too early while his guy is getting pinned behind him.

but they were all brutal without question...

In comment 12289318 Mason said:

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to have such a lead and to lose on a botch play and call. Before that lost 97 was it for me. Another complete and other meltdown. Defense was fighting on the sidelines and still remember Carter's smirk watching it. The most satisfying thing about 41-0 was how awesome to see Carter's face in misery. Then comes that Rams game. NFLN loves showing that damn game. I still don't understand what happened. I remember being in just total shock and how long did espn keep rolling with Anderson just running off to the tunnel. I thought it was the end but next year wonderful surprise. So that eased that lost. 2010, was a bad lost but I didn't expect anything if that team made the playoffs and it was a regular season game. Jackson running down the field and then TC running right on the field after Dodge was crazy. I really thought Coughlin was going to take a swing on Dodge though.

*loss. Not lost.

In comment 12288961 pjcas18 said:

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The Giants would have (IMO) won the Super Bowl if they got past that game

You would have simply swapped SB champions from 1989 to 1990, IMO.

fucking trey junkin.

calloway is still in my dog house after botching that recovery. i vividly remember the camera going to Dennis Green right after the play, that game made me sick

In comment 12288988 Big Blue '56 said:

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Rams, whether we won or lost..They were an extemely tough out

The Rams were like the NFC West version of the Eagles. A very tough out that never quite had the pedigree to win a championship.

'89 Rams had they beaten the 49ers in the NFC Championship would have been the only west coast team in NFL history to win wildcard and divisional road games on the east coast, and then advance to SB.

They beat a strong Eagles and Giants team in the playoffs and came close to sweeping SF in the regular season. The Rams in the late '80s were very underrated.

In comment 12290348 NYG4246 said:

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fucking trey junkin. calloway is still in my dog house after botching that recovery. i vividly remember the camera going to Dennis Green right after the play, that game made me sick

How about fucking Shockey acting like a complete asshole (natural for him)all day, then dropping a sure TD that would have ended it?

That was OUR year. The Giants were going to win that game. The Flipper play was a complete shocker. Devastating.

89' Giants SHOULD have been Superbowl Champions. Parcells himself said he thought as much.

And if that were the case, suddenly the Niner's have 3 Montana-era Superbowl wins, and so would the Giants. Everything would have been viewed in a different light.

.... so it doesn't include the Eagles debacle.
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