Ways New York Giants Took a Step Forward in 2022
Feature - January 27th, 2023
As cliche as it may sound, no franchise in the NFL should be as thankful for the difference a year can make than that of the New York Football Giants.
One season ago, as the team stepped off the losing-ridden field at MetLife Stadium with a 4-13 record and eighth losing campaign in the last decade, all that could be remembered were the low moments that characterized the fragile state of the organization.
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The famine that was getting points on the board, the return of the familiar injury bug that took out big players on both sides of the ball, and at the top, the questionable play calling, including the infamous quarterback sneak on third down from inside the 5-yard line in the season finale.
Yet, with the swift change of regimes and a 9-7-1 record a year later, there suddenly was a renewed energy and culture within the franchise that took it to heights nobody imagined possible in the first year of a rebuild. Despite playing with house money the entire way, Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll had the Giants winning football games at a record pace and against some of the more talented rosters throughout the entire league.
Their fast start saw numerous pieces break countless personal, organizational, and NFL-wide records in that span, and it was even enough to push them into their first postseason appearance since 2011. Their first playoff victory since the team last hoisted the Lombardi trophy back in Super Bowl 46.
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