Three losses in four games put playoff berth in jeopardy
The New York Giants are still a playoff team, but their margin for error is definitely shrinking after three losses in four games.
After Thursday’s 28-20 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, the 7-4 Giants sit as the No. 6 seed in the seven-team NFC playoff field. Before they lost games to the Detroit Lions and Cowboys in a four-day stretch, most playoff prognostications showed the Giants with a playoff chance somewhere in the 75-90 percent range.
Now look:
- NFC Playoff Picture has the Giants with a 56 percent chance of making the playoffs.
- FiveThirtyEight: 47 percent.
- ESPN’s Football Power Index: 59.5 percent.
- Team Rankings: 59.2 percent.
The Giants are now 0-2 in the NFC East with four games (two against the Washington Commanders, two against the Philadelphia Eagles) to come. They are 3-4 in the NFC East.
When the 2022 season started, few people expected the Giants to be in position to make a playoff run with six games remaining. A 6-1 start, though, raised hopes. A 1-3 stretch has perhaps brought a dose of reality about where the Giants actually are as a team.
Still, it would be nice to see the Giants reach the playoffs after improbably putting themselves in position to make that happen.
Can they get it done? Their odds are shrinking.