What was giants record in 2008

New York Giants 36 at Philadelphia Eagles Baltimore Ravens 10 at New York Giants New York Giants 37 at Arizona Cardinals New York Giants 23 at Washington Redskins 7. Philadelphia Eagles 20 at New York Giants New York Giants 8 at Dallas Cowboys Carolina Panthers 28 at New York Giants New York Giants 19 at Minnesota Vikings They felt it was a mere formality that they would become back-to-back champions and had no intention of taking their foot off the gas.

Just prior to a Week 13 game against the Washington Redskins, superstar wide receiver Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg with an illegal handgun while he and teammates were out at a club.

He was rushed to the hospital and later sentenced to prison time. That series of events was obviously more involved, but everyone knows that story. What they forget is that the Giants were cruising — they were unbeatable following a Week 4 loss to the Cleveland Browns. Who knows the trajectory of the franchise, how different that would have been for everybody? That kind of made us one-dimensional at times.

Following a Week 17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, several Giants player recognized that the window of opportunity had closed. The team had resigned itself to losing. I felt aside from Plaxico shooting himself, I think we dropped the ball in a sense, we took our finger off of the trigger and kind of let up. I felt we let up. After all, they had dominated each of those teams during the regular season. What made this feat even more remarkable was that they did this without three key players from that Super Bowl championship team.

Those three players were named to a combined 13 Pro Bowl appearances. So it speaks volumes to how deep and talented the Giants were.

The Giants won two games on the road against the eventual Super Bowl 43 participants, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 8, and the Arizona Cardinals, , in Week They also had a three-game stretch in Weeks against the Cowboys, Eagles, and Ravens where they rushed for yards or more in each game.

Yes, once upon the time the Giants had a feared, ferocious running game. They were far-and-away the best team in the NFL and seemed destined to repeat as Super Bowl champions. Then came the event that changed everything. It was the night of Nov. Left with no other choice, the Giants suspended him for the remainder of the season due to conduct detrimental to the team.

Without Burress, the Giants went down the stretch. While they finished and as the No. In the first 12 games of the season, the Giants averaged 29 points per game.