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New York Giants

Composite skill θ for every GM in New York Giants history, alongside the team's regular-season W-L and playoff result by year.

Years covered
1980–2025
first → last draft
GMs
5
tenures, newest first
Best θ
+0.66
George Young
Worst θ
-0.55
Jerry Reese

θ trajectory by GM

Each line is one GM's support estimate at successive season-end snapshots, color-coded by tenure. Lines carry forward past a GM's tenure: drafted players' careers keep playing out, so the model keeps revising its read of an old GM long after they're gone (a 7th-round flier turning into a Pro Bowler in year 6 still credits the GM who drafted him). Background bands mark each GM's actual tenure span. These paths show evidence accumulating over time; they are not the maturity-adjusted headline ranking and deliberately do not display a public interval.

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0'80'85'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'25θ (SD units)
Joe Schoen2022–2025θ +0.04
Dave Gettleman2018–2021θ -0.38
Jerry Reese2007–2017θ -0.55
Ernie Accorsi1998–2006θ -0.05
George Young1980–1997θ +0.66

General managers (5) · newest first

2022–2025
θ +0.04
AVERAGE
NA
YearW-L-TPlayoffsθ snapshot
20229-7-1Lost Divisional+0.02
20236-11Missed+0.01
20243-14Missed+0.13
20254-13Missed+0.12
2018–2021
θ -0.38 *
TERRIBLE
Second team
YearW-L-TPlayoffsθ snapshot
20185-11Missed+0.16
20194-12Missed+0.15
20206-10Missed-0.01
20214-13Missed-0.11
2007–2017
θ -0.55 **
TERRIBLE
Two SB titles
YearW-L-TPlayoffsθ snapshot
200710-6WON SUPER BOWL+0.03
200812-4Lost Divisional+0.16
20098-8Missed+0.24
201010-6Missed+0.27
20119-7WON SUPER BOWL+0.37
20129-7Missed+0.18
20137-9Missed-0.05
20146-10Missed-0.00
20156-10Missed-0.01
201611-5Lost WC+0.06
20173-13Missed-0.01
1998–2006
θ -0.05
AVERAGE
NA
YearW-L-TPlayoffsθ snapshot
19988-8-0.45
19997-9Missed-0.48
200012-4Lost Super Bowl-0.48
20017-9Missed-0.41
200210-6Lost WC-0.33
20034-12Missed-0.28
20046-10Missed-0.19
200511-5Lost WC-0.12
20068-8Lost WC-0.18

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