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5 reasons NY Giants are 0-5 start with Dave Gettleman’s flawed roster building

By Matt Lombardo

Sep 3, 2020; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman during the Blue-White Scrimmage at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 3, 2020; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman during the Blue-White Scrimmage at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dave Gettleman’s failures largely to blame for NY Giants’ 0-5 start and sizable gap between championship caliber teams across the NFL

The NY Giants‘ offense showed some promise in Sunday’s 37-34 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, but still were unable to pick up their first win of the season despite facing the NFL’s lowest-ranked scoring defense.

Dominoes began to fall across the NFL with the firings of Houston Texans head coach/general manager Bill O’Brien and the Atlanta Falcons blowing out general manager Thomas Dimitroff and head coach Dan Quinn.

Head coach Joe Judge isn’t in any danger at this point, but NY Giants co-owner John Mara would be doing his franchise a disservice if there are not serious conversations about general manager Dave Gettleman’s future throughout the executive suite of Quest Diagnostics Training Center this week.

The Giants are now Judge’s team, but the team Gettleman handed the first-time head coach this season is fatally flawed on both sides of the football, and looks lightyears away from being able to play meaningful football.

The only meaningful games the Giants will play this season will be the ones that impact whether they’ll own the No. 1 overall pick next April.

Even in the NFC East where the four teams have combined for four wins through 20 games, the Giants at 0-5 are a sinking ship in a river of burning napalm with no rescue boats in sight.

That starts with Gettleman.

Scroll through for a look at five reasons why the Giants are 0-5, thanks in large part to Gettleman’s antiquated philosophies and missteps both in free agency and the draft over the past three seasons:

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