Soon enough, Pat Shurmur will inherit a team that was so bad in 2017 that the coach was fired with four games remaining in a truly sorry season. On Tuesday, when Shurmur is officially named head coach of the Giants, the clock starts ticking, as he is tasked with turning around a franchise that bottomed out with the most losses (13) in a season in its 92-year history.
And so, Shurmur has no time to waste. He was in Minnesota on Monday, picking up the pieces after the Vikings were routed 38-7 by the Eagles in an NFC Championship blowout in Philadelphia.