As we get closer to the NFL Super Bowl, fewer football teams are left in the game. Many had their hopes on the NFL defending Champions, the New York Giants. So… what happened? Why are they not in the finals?
On January 10th, the Giants were defeated and eliminated from the NFL Playoffs by the Philadelphia Eagles. This crushed all the New York Giants fans’ hopes to see them as NFL champions for 2 years in a row. And they actually looked like they could make it! At least during the first games of the football season. How were they eliminated with so little glory?
At the beginning of the 2008 NFL Season the Giants took an impressive lead, remaining almost undefeated for a while. People were sure the past Super Bowl Championship victory wasn’t just luck. Even though they lost their first NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns (which was really surprising considering the Browns are part of the usual teams at the bottom of the NFL standings), they still had their strength and had really good play.
Probably the biggest bump on the road for the NY Giants, what started to make things more difficult for them as they came closer to the end of the NFL regular Season, was their first loss against the Philadelphia Eagles, on NFL Week 14. It seems the Eagles represent the Giants’ kryptonite, their biggest weakness.
After that day, the Giants seemed weaker and weaker on every game. They faced another painful loss against the Dallas Cowboys, 20-8, and they ended the 2008 NFL Season with a defeat against the Minnesota Vikings, 19-20. They still managed to reach the NFL Divisional Playoffs, but it only took them one more game against the Eagles to be definitely out of the NFL season.
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