Giants and Jets confirm 2024 is worst New York football year ever with painful record.
The New York Jets are 3-10 in a season that many believed would end in them getting to the Super Bowl. They’ve been so bad that Aaron Rodgers may be forced out after one season. That still isn’t anything close to the New York Giants, who may be the worst team in the entire league.
The NY Giants are an abomination of a football team, so much so there’s a good chance they end up with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. With underperforming quarterbacks, drama related to the front office and coaches, and eight straight losses, things are looking glum.
The fact New York has had two teams be as wretched as the Jets and Giants have been for the last decade borders on impressive. 2024 may be the piece de resistance of this decade, as this year’s futulity could end up setting records for futility.
The Jets and Giants have a combined 5-21 record. If the Jets and Giants keep losing out, this season will set a record for the lowest combined winning percentage from both New York teams. Even the bleak mid-1990s and 1970s never got this bad.
Giants and Jets combining for worst season in New York football history
The only two seasons even close to this year were 1996 and 1976. In the first year, the Jets’ 1-15 Rich Kotite nightmare weighed down what was a garden variety bad year from Dan Reeves after a 6-10 finish ultimately sealed his fate as a coach in New York.
1976 comes in second place in terms of combined futility. The Jets were messing around with Lou Holtz and running the veer, while the Giants lost their first nine games. Giants QBs, including the cadavers of Craig Morton and Norm Snead, threw just nine touchdown passes all year long while hurling 24 interceptions.
While both teams could improve in the near future, as the Jets have a strong roster and the Giants will likely earn the No. 1 or No. 2 overall picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, the 2025 season looks like another in which both New York teams will end up missing the postseason.
Since the Giants’ Super Bowl run in 2011, MetLife Stadium has not hosted a single playoff game. With how tough the outlook is for both of these teams, fans better not expect that trend to change anytime soon, barring something truly unforeseen.
