{"id":146289,"date":"2021-01-03T11:12:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T08:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/giants-dont-have-to-apologize-for-this-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2021-01-03T11:12:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T08:12:04","slug":"giants-dont-have-to-apologize-for-this-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/giants-dont-have-to-apologize-for-this-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"#Giants don’t have to apologize for this opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Giants don’t have to apologize for this opportunity<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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After all the losing you and your New York Football Giants have endured since the infamous Boat Trip<\/a> that preceded the playoff disaster in Green Bay in January 2017, the Eli Manning benching, the Ben McAdoo firing, the Jerry Reese firing, the Pat Shurmur firing, the Manning retirement, a 12-36 record over the previous three seasons, the cruel football gods relented and presented you with a totally unexpected gift at the start of a New Year:<\/p>\n

A chance.<\/p>\n

A chance to, at the very least, put the Cowboys out of their misery Sunday at 1 p.m. at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n

A chance for you to root for the Eagles hours later on Sunday night to defeat Washington, so your Giants earn the right to host a playoff game<\/a> for the first time since Jan. 8, 2012 \u2014 when they faced the Falcons en route to Super Bowl XLVI.<\/p>\n

So let the cynics laugh at your team, mock your 5-10 Joe Judge-Daniel Jones Giants for being blessed with a Blue-or-die Sunday against the Cowboys at StillLife Stadium simply because they toil in the NFC Least.<\/p>\n

Let the sarcastic grinches call your Joe Judge-Daniel Jones Giants the worst playoff team in history if 6-10 gets you in.<\/p>\n

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Joe Judge and Daniel Jones<\/figcaption>
N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg; AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The playoff rules have not changed: 6-10 becomes 0-0 when the tournament begins.<\/p>\n

And in a season when COVID-19\u2019s game-day roster treachery lurks ominously in every corner of the NFL universe \u2014 see Giants offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo \u2014 never could \u201cany given January Sunday\u201d become more relevant.<\/p>\n

Pete Carroll was in his maiden season with the Seahawks when they beat the Rams in the 2010 regular-season finale, with backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst filling in for Matt Hasselbeck (hip), to finish 7-9 and earn a wild-card berth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t get here the way we all dreamed of getting here, but we got here,\u201d Carroll said afterward. \u201cWhen it came down to it, the guys played a great football game tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

And guess what? The Seahawks shocked the defending Super Bowl champion Saints, 41-36, at home in a wild-card game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it sounds crazy,\u201d Carroll said after Hasselbeck had thrown four touchdown passes and Marshawn Lynch had broken nine tackles on a 67-yard TD run, \u201cbut we expected to win, and so we will take this in our stride and move to the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next one was Bears 35, Seahawks 24 at Soldier Field, but hey \u2026<\/p>\n

The 2014 Panthers, you ask? They punched their ticket to the dance with a 34-3 blowout of the Falcons on the road to finish 7-8-1 and on a four-game winning streak.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beautiful thing: record doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. \u201cThat\u2019s the best part.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the Panthers beat the Ryan Lindley Cardinals, 27-16, at home in the wild-card game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know who we are \u2014 menacing, stifling and we are going to get after you,\u201d cornerback Josh Norman said afterward. \u201cWe know when there is blood in the water, and when there is, our sharks are going to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sharks were eaten in a 31-17 road loss to the Seahawks in the divisional round, but hey \u2026<\/p>\n

The difference is the Giants do not hold destiny in their own hands. A victory over the Cowboys would still require Washington and Rivera, in his first season coaching for Daniel Snyder, losing to the Eagles at the Linc.<\/p>\n

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