Anyone else feel a bit depressed about football

In comment 14137635 Deejboy said:

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In comment 14137499 Jeffrey said: Quote: Is the realization that this disaster is likely to continue for years. No confidence in Mara, DG or this coach. Knicks finally figured out how to rebuild through youth. Rangers the same. Yankees did it a few years ago. I would rather watch any of those teams than the Giants. The Knicks were a dumpster fire for over a decade. Don't dare tell me they know how to rebuild now. Where are the Rangers and Knicks recent championships? The Giants have more championships in the last 15 years than the Yankees. This place is getting WFAN level caller dumb.

Maybe I should have said that the Knicks and Rangers appear to have finally figured out how to rebuild after years of chasing championships through expensive free agents. As for recent success it is ridiculous for you to compare the Rangers and the Knicks. The Knicks have consistently been an embarrassment. The Rangers have not.

I’m fucking miserable about the giants. And the misery has trickled into my overall feelings with the nfl in general.

Matter of fact, I’ve never been more miserable about the giants state of affairs in my entire life as a fan. Last year was rough but this might feel even worse. This team has to play better this year. Fuck draft positioning to some extent, this team has to win some games here.

and I'm excited at the draft we just had. 2 or 3 more like it and we'll be right there in the mix.

I haven't written off the new coaching staff yet. but if they suck this bad next year then they have to go and they probably will.

but what pisses me off is going to the supermarket and seeing all those knuckleheads in Patriots gear. unless you live in New England you have no idea.

In comment 14137481 NewBlue said:

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I lead a pretty full life, but the Giants are entwined in this life as some kind of family, my loved ones know the significance they have on my moods and attitude. I will still go about my business although with a disappointing twinge in my gut.

Same here. My life is just fine but it’s in my blood too. I can’t help but be elated when the giants win big and pissed off when they lose. Can’t help it. Every other sport is different. It ain’t the giants.

We had injuries. We had a coaching staff on the way out, we had zero running game to balance off the offense.

This year we have OBJ and Barkley
We have a coach who as a coordinator with a half=assed QB last year lit it up, we retooled the OL, and we have been relativity healthy.

This year is scary bad.

I know the twinge well. Lol

Years of bad players, bad coaches, bad management. I really don't know what the cause is...but we've entered a second wilderness and are arguably the worst team in football. Again. I'm excited to watch Saquon. I wish Odell could get the ball more. But at the end of the day, do I really think DG and Shurmer are the answer? I don't know. DG had a good draft but also felt the team could win now with Eli which seems in hindsight to be a catastrophically bad decision. I think the Giants need a miracle to find a bellweather coach/GM. But Mara is too loyal to poor performing people for that to ever happen. I'm really worried things aren't going to change for quite a while.

in addition Im worried SB is going to have a Barry Sanders type career and we will waste his God given ability.

we will have wasted his god given ability by drafting him in the first place. we werent in position to have had the luxury of drafting him. its like going on a shopping spree the day before the rents due. sure its fun, but now youre fucked. and the shiny things you bought arent going to change the fact that youre fucked.

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anesthetized to it now. I watch because I'm a Giants fan and I don't get to see them that often. I love watching Barkley, and want desperately for them to get the ball deep to OBJ, but most of the time, I sit and watch, and applaud the good plays. We need some positives in a very negative season.

This was probably may favorite week so far of the season.

draft and off-season excitement, then most often disappointment.

I get the interest interest in the off season, but never expect too much. Then I prefer to watch the season with low expectations, and have them surprise me if things go well. If things go crappy like this year and last, I just spend less time and energy on the Giants and look for good plays and solid young players.

Now the lean years during the 70s? I was a Giant fan then but was just a kid. Now, I am not sure I'd last through a decade of this. I'd just stop caring. I can tolerate a lot but there has to be a positive trajectory.

these days.

In comment 14137749 NewBlue said:

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Front runners or fair-weather fans just disappear, I, like you and most on this board will watch every game regardless of how pathetic they are, I went through the garbage years before Parcells. My dad took me to the Yankee Stadium years with the likes of Norm Snead, Randy Johnson, I went up to Yale Bowl for a few years to follow those turkey teams that never won anything, to Shea Stadium for a year until Giants Stadium was ready, the fumble game, and the Dave Brown years. I am with them rain or shine but this last few years are starting to feel like the ship be sinking.

I was right behind you with my dad 1956-1986 in between 30 years of desolation and the Yankees were horrible most of those years remember it well bud .......I’ll still watch the Gmen every Sunday win or lose but must admit this is the hardest it’s ever been .......

To move the organization forward and catch up to the rest of the NFL. To create some excitement for the fan base and move to the next era of Giants football.

But they went full Mara. They hired a dinosaur GM from their tiny circle of trust and a low energy uninspiring safe failed former HC who has been completely over matched so far.

Pretty much everything that has happened after is reminiscent of the Bill Arnsparger Andy Robustelli era from the mid 1970’s. If you’re old enough you’ve seen this show before but there’s no Pete Rozelle coming to save us.

No wonder the OP is depressed.

In comment 14138038 I am Ninja said:

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we will have wasted his god given ability by drafting him in the first place. we werent in position to have had the luxury of drafting him. its like going on a shopping spree the day before the rents due. sure its fun, but now youre fucked. and the shiny things you bought arent going to change the fact that youre fucked.

Spot on, it's very difficult to build around the shiny things when there is no foundation. The giants are bad on both lines OL and DL, they can't rush the passer and can't protect the passer. As for running game sure SB is great at times but they can't run it consistently or when they NEED to, this is a recipe for disaster in today's NFL!

how much leash does a Super Bowl win provide? We're the perfect example of how much it buys a fan base. For me, I was finally fed up last year, so 6 years. Even though the tailspin started well before last season, I was always willing to be patient, thinking a few tweaks would raise or level of play. Boy, was that wrong...

I'm tired of our seasons ending before Halloween, and as a season ticket holder with two young kids, spending 3 hours commuting to see a shitty product is starting to wear me down. They've become a boring product.

just numb. Basically it's come down to rooting for Indy, Buf, SF, Ariz, Oak and whoever else to get the 1st pick.