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New York Giants are the first NFL team eliminated from the playoff picture

November 28, 2024

On Thanksgiving Day, the New York Giants earned the dubious honor of being the first team eliminated from the NFL playoff picture. It didn't even come in December.

What is the standings in the NFC East?

The Giants are currently 2-10, 7.5 games behind the first-place Philadelphia Eagles. With six games left for the Eagles and only five for the Giants, there was no way out of the hole going into Week 13, and they were already eliminated.

Philadelphia Eagles 9-2
Washington Commanders 7-5
Dallas Cowboys 5-7
New York Giants 2-10

NFC wild card race is over for the Giants

In the NFC Wild Card race, the final seven teams are 7-5. However, the Washington Commanders have defeated the Giants twice, so if both teams were 7-10 in a unlikely wild-card tiebreaker scenario, Washington would win based on a head-to-head tiebreaker. Become. Therefore, the Giants were officially eliminated with this loss.

When was the last time the Giants made the playoffs?

The Giants finished last in the postseason in 2022, but at that time they got off to a very strong start with 6 wins, 1 loss, and 7 wins, and lost a wild card spot with a pretty bad record of 9 wins, 7 losses, and 1 loss. Obtained. They defeated the Minnesota Vikings in their first game and advanced to the divisional round, where they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Giants were a wild-card team in 2022 and 2016 and haven't won a division championship since 2011 (where they eventually won the Super Bowl). These are the only three times since 2008 that they have made it to the postseason.