I'm pretty sure the Giants had a ~20 year stint in the 60s where they didn't even make the playoffs.
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They made the championship game 3 years in a row 61-62-63 and didn't return to the playoffs until 1981, and they haven't been absent from the playoffs for more than 3 years at a time since then.
Oh, and the Giants article is up
http://deadspin.com/5940567/why-your...ew-york-giants