A Giant Waste!

They say in the NFL on any given Sunday any team can beat any other team. Well that’s true of every team except the Giants. They can’t beat anybody. They can’t beat the teams below them, and they sure can’t beat the teams that are better than them.

Sunday’s game against the Eagles was about the most lackluster showing I have seen in years. There was no emotion, no energy, no focus, spirit, drive, nothing. They talked this week about having their backs to the wall–as they do every year–and rising to the occasion against a division opponent they had to beat. But when the game got underway, they were the same uninspired team.

There are no highlights to recap. They lost 28-10. Their 3-0 lead early in the first quarter was the only time they led. They are now 4-6 and would have to win all of the remaining six games to have any chance at a playoff spot. We all know that’s not gonna happen.

Jim Fassel will get axed at the end of the season and maybe it’s for the best. A culture of mediocrity has set in. The veteran core of this team has accepted being just good enough and don’t know how to rise above that. They need a shakeup, maybe a coach who’ll light a fire under everybody and get what few stars they have scared of being cut so the others will fall in line.

I’ve been thinking if you take the New York Yankees out of the equation, nobody would ever consider New York a major sports market. All of the remaining teams suck big time. The Jets are crappy this year and won’t make the playoffs either. The Knicks and Rangers are off to dismal starts and I can tell already the Knicks won’t see post season. The Mets are in a perennial rebuilding mode and will be again next year. There is really nothing to look forward to sports-wise.

Thank God we have theatre and concerts and dance and museums and other cultural attractions.