The New York Giants’ Super Bowl-winning teams of the 2000s are akin to the late, great comedian, Rodney Dangerfield. They don’t get any respect. At least, not championship-caliber respect.
In a post ranking the best 25 NFL teams of the 2000s, neither of the Eli Manning-led teams that pulled off historic upsets of the New England Patriots made the cut.
Bill Barnwell of ESPN actually left 12 of the 25 Super Bowl champions off his top 25 list. He said:
Obviously, winning pro football’s biggest prize is a valuable item to put on a résumé — I weighted things disproportionately in favor of teams that took home the Lombardi Trophy — but I’m considering what those teams did over the entire season, not just how their campaign ended.