NY Post · Sep 29, 2019
Giants mediocrity has never meant so much
The best-case scenario, from the start, was to be 2-2 a quarter of the way into the season. Two-and-two isn’t a record around which poems are commissioned. Two-and-two isn’t the most ambitious record; who likes to be at .500: win one, lose one, win one, lose one?
No crowd has ever chanted: “We’re 2-2! We’re 2-2!! We’re 2-2!!!”
Sometimes, though, it is the pathway to a record that tells a greater story than the record itself. A week ago, the Giants stood helpless as a place-kicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Matt Gay, lined up a 34-yard field goal. Think about this: in 2018, NFL kickers attempted 501 field goals of 39 yards or shorter. They made 481 of them.
That’s 96 percent.
