When Dave Gettleman stood in front of the media for the first time as general manager of the New York Giants slightly more than a year ago he issued a simple, direct proclamation.
“I’ve been hired to win,” Gettleman said at the time. “The only promise I can make is I’m going to do everything in my power to lead this organization back where it belongs.”
Well, the Giants didn’t win in 2018. They started 1-7 and went 5-11. While the decisions to stick with Eli Manning at quarterback and sign several older veteran free agents might have made it seem like the Giants were in a “win-now” mode, Gettleman never promised that returning the Giants to prominence would be quick.