And so ends one of the most brutal runs by a general manager in the history of New York sports. Now the Giants are left to clean up the mess left behind by Dave Gettleman.
In a widely anticipated move, Gettleman announced his retirement on Monday, less than 24 hours after the team he assembled completed a hideous 4-13 season in a desultory 22-7 loss to the Washington Football Team at a mostly empty MetLife Stadium.
Gettleman slinked out of the office shortly after telling the players he would be leaving, issued a statement through the team in which he expressed his disappointment that things weren’t better, and walked off into his NFL sunset without taking any questions about his wretched 19-46 record.