2022 = 1997?

Rookie head coach with a new program

somewhat similar. Best comp thus far. If Davis Webb played danny kanell replacing Daniel Jones as Dave Brown, it would be very eerily similar :)

2006

beating the Bills in SB again would be sweet.....:)

and mentioned it on my twitter feed. Not only all those things you listed, but you also have an offensive head coach who will strip back his system because he knows he doesn't have all the pieces yet, and doesn't quite trust his QB, OL, and WRs. But he knows he's got a good RB so he will play ball control, as Fassel did with Way and Tiki.

Also, they had a blitz happy DC in John Fox, who held teams down & got turnovers to keep the team in the game. This Giants defense doesn't have the talent the 1997 one does, but let's see what Wink does when his best 2 pass rushers come back.

I think building a winning culture now is huge, and let's see the Daboll/Kafka offense when they get their QB to run it & overhaul the WRs.

Daboll is adjusting his style to fit his team and they are 2-0. Much better than Joe Judge trying to tell everyone that he's building a culture and don't look at the wins. This is pro football, wins matter.

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and mentioned it on my twitter feed. Not only all those things you listed, but you also have an offensive head coach who will strip back his system because he knows he doesn't have all the pieces yet, and doesn't quite trust his QB, OL, and WRs. But he knows he's got a good RB so he will play ball control, as Fassel did with Way and Tiki. Also, they had a blitz happy DC in John Fox, who held teams down & got turnovers to keep the team in the game. This Giants defense doesn't have the talent the 1997 one does, but let's see what Wink does when his best 2 pass rushers come back. I think building a winning culture now is huge, and let's see the Daboll/Kafka offense when they get their QB to run it & overhaul the WRs. Daboll is adjusting his style to fit his team and they are 2-0. Much better than Joe Judge trying to tell everyone that he's building a culture and don't look at the wins. This is pro football, wins matter.

Great stuff - thanks for this. If I recall correctly, the team not only led in turnover differential (I think they were +25 or something like that) but they actually had the most turnovers caused on defense and the fewest turnovers committed on offense. I think it was like 44-19 or something crazily lopsided.

went 9-7 out of nowhere after years and years of awful football

Differences are that we have a new GM leading a major organizational change. Accorsi took over in ‘98, but that was more a transition.

I also am hopeful that Daboll will turn into a better coach than Fassel. A lot of good signs there.

was a turnover machine. They had 44 takeaways and the Giants lead the NFL in turnover differential at +26.