Summing up the past decade

[MightyGiants]

Art Stapleton
@art_stapleton
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Tom Coughlin trying to fix a broken offense by hiring Ben McAdoo.
Giants deciding to not put resources into the defense in 2015, leading to Coughlin's exit.
McAdoo playoffs with Eli in 2016 + $250M defense, only to implode in 2017 with bad locker room, Eli/Geno.
Shurmur being "the adult in the room," Gettleman taking a RB 2nd overall, then forcing a QB because he thought it'd save his job.
Judge the CEO to bring stability, Garrett to fix Jones' turnover problem
Judge and Gettleman at odds, Judge fed up and making decisions to show the GM what a bad hand he gave him
Daboll/Schoen promise reboot, ownership again promises patience
Playoff win, accelerated Year 2
Head coach shows he can win when the chips are down, costs Giants shot at franchise QB
And here we are.

https://x.com/art_stapleton/status/1853444253826920933

[TDToomer]

Judge and Gettleman at odds, Judge fed up and making decisions to show the GM what a bad hand he gave him

Can someone elaborate on this? What decisions did Joe Judge make to show up Gettleman?

[MightyGiants]

Can someone elaborate on this? What decisions did Joe Judge make to show up Gettleman?

From what I have heard the infamous short yardage formation at the Giants 2 yard line was supposedly Judge trying to show up Gettleman.  The idea was that Gettleman's roster was so bad that Judge had no choice but to play it that safe.

[TDToomer]

From what I have heard the infamous short yardage formation at the Giants 2 yard line was supposedly Judge trying to show up Gettleman.  The idea was that Gettleman's roster was so bad that Judge had no choice but to play it that safe.

That's kind of what I thought. That play really stuck out like a sore thumb.

[Painter]

It's not at all obvious as to what is meant by "Summing up the past decade" Stapleton's musings notwithstanding. In any case, what he is leading up to are two simple and fundamental questions which currently are all consuming for Giants fans here and about. They are: What is a fair timeline for teams to rebuild? Where are the Giants on their presumed current timeline?

While there can be, and often are any number of ancillary and qualifying questions, the answer is as the French would say, "Dieu seul le sait et le diable s'en doute" or, in plain anglaise, God only knows and the devil suspects it. No! I'm not being cute!

It has taken me awhile to realize that everything that happens in the NFL is in the final analysis quite often a matter of chance. For all the roles played, the efforts made, and actions taken or not taken, something happens unpredictably with or without discernible intention or observable cause, more often than not. One obvious example is the Annual Draft where the odds statistically of success and/or failure by player position and round are quite compelling not just as summed up for the past decade but for the now almost 5 decades since Our Heroes won the first of their now 4 Lombardi Trophies.

Still, that's just one element of many in illustrating the not always obvious role of chance in so many different ways throughout the NFL's day in and day out history. I'll be happy to elaborate further should anyone here feel a want. À chacun son goût.

Cheers!