Why does the universe hate Eli Manning and the Giants?

Whatever sacrilegious thing Eli Manning did to upset the football gods has completely derailed the Giants season.

We are now five weeks into the NFL season, and just like was predicted there’s a 0-5 team in New York. What wasn’t accurately predicted was that the Giants would be that team, not the Jets. While the Jets are 3-2 and somehow in the Wild Card hunt, the Giants are winless and have absolutely no direction moving forward.

I don’t know Eli Manning personally. How he conducts his life away from the gridiron is his own thing, but he clearly did something to enrage the football gods.

After taking an early lead, New York proceeded to lose Brandon Marshall, Sterling Shepard and Odell Beckham Jr. to injuries that very well could keep them out for weeks at a time. There’s a decent chance that Odell is out for most of the rest of the season, and now the Giants need to get introspective.

The question now is where do the Giants go from here?

• Does Ben McAdoo get fired?
• Should Eli Manning be traded?
• Is tanking the only option?
• Is there a God and if so why doesn’t he listen to Giants fans?

There’s no single answer to the question, rather it seems to be a combination of the first three. New York might not have to fire McAdoo, he might just quit at this point. It was already a growing topic of conversation, but firing McAdoo seems like it’s becoming more of a reality.

This goes beyond just the head coach, though. The Giants might have to blow this thing up to fix it, and that means Eli Manning would have to go too. He’ll be 37-years old next year and could possibly help a team on the cusp of a championship. New York will not be that team in 2018, which leads to the next point: tanking.

New York could very well end up with a Top-3 pick in the draft, if not the No. 1 overall selection. With a slew of talented quarterback prospects coming out of school in April, the Giants would be in prime position to start over with a new franchise guy. Find a smart, dedicated head coach willing to take the reigns of a rebuild and give him a young quarterback to mold and suddenly the Giants future looks bright. The defense is under contract and looks good, so re-tooling the offense and the coaching staff seems to be the route to go.

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Whatever happens, something needs to change. This is a bigger problem than “Manning Face” or a lack of warm bodies on offense. The Giants need a change at the top, and any painful ripple effect that has should simply be seen as growing pains towards finally getting back to being an elite team.