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[OC] This is the Giants second worst season in their 99-year history as measured by point differential per game (-14.8 in 2023). This chart shows their timeline since 1925. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by JPAnalyst@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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I don't know if you all have noticed, but this 2023 Giants team sucks. As an analyst, the eye test isn't enough for me. I need data, so I got it. And the data confirms that they suck...maybe even worse than the eye test. The Giants -14.8 point differential per game is second worst only to the 1-12-1 1966 Giants who had a per game point differential of -17.0. That 1966 team put up 41 points on offense against Washington in a game and still lost. They lost because they gave up 72.

Below you can see each year's point differential per game for the Giants with a few annotations. This image really puts into perspective just how bad 2023 has been so far.

https://preview.redd.it/kxth5tfwpp0c1.png?width=1708&format=png&auto=webp&s=1cfc9fd7d4b173c7a1fa9c0e4e46b5f064bbb59e

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[–] 77Gumption77@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Fewer points were scored overall back in the day, so this isn't really a great comparison of how "bad" the team is.

A 10 point comeback used to be notable in the 80s and now it's borderline routine.