NFL power rankings: Week 14 hump day edition
31. <p>Aaaaaaand the wheels have come off for the New York Football Giants. In what has become an unsettling trend up in the Tri-State area, as the weather gets colder and Tom Coughlin’s face gets redder, the G-Men get deader.</p> <p>Look, Coughlin is a great coach, and has perpetually been underrated during his tenure in New York (and probably during his time in Jacksonville), but things just aren’t working out. The NFC East is historically terrible and ripe for the taking, yet the Giants are sitting at 5-7 and on a three-game skid.</p> <p>If we’re going to play positively, it’s that this almost feels like the spot where New York makes a run, not just to the playoffs, but the Super Bowl. Everyone is counting them out, Coughlin has one foot in the unemployment line/retirement home, and the world is collapsing: sounds a lot like the franchise’s narrative during its past two title runs.</p> <p>As weird as it sounds, everything comes down to this week’s game against the Dolphins. If the Giants lose, then you might as well give them the Old Yeller treatment. If they win, well, look out for the run.</p> <p>The NFC as a whole (not just the East) is a mess this year, meaning any squad in the second season has a puncher’s chance. Right now the G-Men look absolutely abysmal, and seem to have a knack for sniffing out defeats in surefire victories. The watch becomes one of whether they can weld those wheels back on and fend off the Grim Reaper.</p>. (5-7). Previous: . New York Giants. 18. team