When Tom Coughlin fell on his sword after the 2015 season, the Giants had missed the playoffs for four straight years and had just posted a third consecutive losing season. But since forcing Coughlin into retirement, things have gotten much worse.
The Giants have posted five straight losing seasons and are on their fourth head coach in seven years post-Coughlin. The fluke wild card bid in Ben McAdoo’s first season aside, they have been one of the NFL’s worst teams. They’ve won five or fewer games four times in that span after Coughlin, despite his woes at the end, never failed to win fewer than six games during his tenure.