Giants president, CEO and co-owner John Mara watches during training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Aug. 18, 2020. Credit: Brad Penner
John Mara has gotten quite good at these end-of-season soliloquies espousing hope for the future. Unfortunately, the Giants’ president and CEO has had a lot of practice.
Ten seasons have come and gone since Mara hoisted the team’s fourth Vince Lombardi Trophy aloft in Indianapolis after the Giants’ second upset of the Patriots in the Super Bowl. And in that time, his team has gone back to the playoffs just once – a one-and-done in Green Bay in Ben McAdoo’s first season in 2016.