With an Eagles loss vs the panthers and a win for us were back in first. So stop acting like these low points are new to you. We are the underdogs in football and will always be that way. We will never be perfect, games will never be won in an ass kicking fashion. It's all a part of being in the Giants family. Fuck the Cowboys fuck the Eagles fuck the Redskins
Posted Oct 21, 2015, 4:20 PM UTC
3-3 is not a situation that calls for despair. Being upset about last week is normal and fine, but we have to move past it. 9 Losses usually puts you out of any playoff contention, not 3.
Beatty and Victor will be here soon, and maybe even a big ol' surprise out of JPP.
Everything is gonna line up at the same time and post bye we should be looking really good
The worry is that is also when the other teams in our division will be waking up.
We have to wait till Tony's back to be a threat :/
like i said to my friend after the game, its not that we lost, its the WAY that we lost that had me so down
I think the reason people are despairing is because we just saw this same narrative play out last year. We suffered two demoralizing losses, then won 3 straight games against some stiff competition and Washington, then proceeded to lose like, 6 straight games afterward. I think people are nervous that same narrative will surface this season, although a couple of things are in our favor:
weaker schedule
Tougher, more committed defense with an actual identity
Injured players are on the mend instead of being out for the season
An overall better offense
An actual special teams unit
An Eli manning that is eased into an offense that doesn't demand he bomb the ball every play
With those in mind, I think we can take the division despite all the doom and gloom.
Amen
Gmen
I don't know why people get so hung up on 1st place in October.
That's not it. We got our ass kicked by the Eagles. That's what hurts.
You don't need to tell me that lol
This in a nutshell. Losing like that to a struggling Eagles team was bad. If someone was watching the Giants for the first time this season they'd be (1) surprised with the record and (2) wouldn't take them seriously as a SB contender.
True. I don't know how struggling the Eagles are anymore, but they're certainly not a great team. It's the Football Giants though, I have no idea when they're good or bad ever. All I've been able to diagnose over the Manning-Coughlin era is that once they're in the playoffs, they're good.
Except in '08.
To be fair though, the NFC east is always a crapshoot and is loved by spectators for that reason your talking about- doesn't matter how good you look going in, you can and will lose coming out. Hell, remember Washington in 2014? Huge dumpster fire going against a Dallas team that beat some of the best teams that year, and Washington is the team that comes out with the W.
if theres anything we learn being a Giants fan, its that no team is safe from a loss in the NFC East.
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Well think about it this way. If we beat the Eagles we're 4-2 and 1.5 games in first after 6 weeks. Then say theoretically we beat Dallas and the Eagles and Skins lose. We're 5-2 almost 50% of the way through the season and 2.5 games up. It's not baseball, being in first during a 16 game season is huge
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if we beat the Eagles
We would then be 4-2...
He means if we won we would be 4-2
Maybe I said that because I'm scared of the Giants in a lead lol
Yeah this loss wasn't the end of the season. But a win would have been HUGE for us
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Probably because none of our wins were that great and we've played like dog shit in all our losses and we are 1-9 against the Cowboys and Eagles in our last 10 match ups with them
Hope lost? Who is saying that, new fans?
Hope was lost when we started 0-6 in 2013.
Hope was lost after we lost to the fucking Jaguars last year.
This year, we are 3-3, and other than Monday's loss, we have had a shot to win every game we've played in. We are not a terrible team. Are we perfect? Of course not. But we are capable of winning games. We just have to make it happen.
That being said, our game this upcoming week with Dallas is huge. I'd say we need this one more than anything.
I'm going home and reciting this to my boyfriend in the best pumped up pep talk voice I can muster.
#We are tied for first place right fucking now.
Let's not lose our heads, guys.
Well said! The best part about being a Giants fan is being the underdog that surprises everyone. I LOVE IT. Let's kick the cowboys ass this weekend!!
I know this unpopular and has led to arguments with my friends irl, but we're not a very good team. Our offense is ticky-tacky, and our defense has horrendous depth. I don't see us doing anything this year, but I'll agree our division is a joke. Philly's offense is disgusting.
We have had an average of 5 starters injured every game......
And that's part of the problem, nothing suggests that will stop.
That's not true. Cruz has reported no pain in his leg this week and JPP is being fitted for some time of glove thingy. Just be patient.
we always lose to the eagles (at home)
every cowboys game is always a close game
we always beat the redskins
we always lose games we're supposed to win
we always usually win games we're supposed to lose.
sunrise, sunset people. every year.
edit: formatting
I got downvoted yesterday for saying essentially the same thing. It's amazingly true though.
I got downvoted yesterday for saying that this was just a bad game and that it mostly won't be this bad again.
Sounds like a 9-7 season.
10-6
8-8
edit: unless everyone else stays healthy and we get Cruz and Beatty back ... 10-6
Could be possible, miracles happen every day!
The nfce could have a 6-10 winner this year, technically.