‘Ship Wrecked,’ ‘Abandon Ship’: New York tabloids react to Giants loss

You knew the boat puns were coming after the Giants lost to the Packers.

Dan Gartland | Jan 9, 2017

‘Ship Wrecked,’ ‘Abandon Ship’: New York tabloids react to Giants loss /

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Headline writers for the New York tabloids had to be licking their chops when they saw that photo of the Giants’ receivers on a boat in Miami last Monday, and all their dreams came true after Sunday’s loss to the Packers

The Post put that now-infamous image right on the front page, while Newsday and the Daily News left it to the back page. Amazingly, only two of the papers decided to go with seafaring puns.

Newsday's Monday Back Page
Beckham, Giants pack little punch in wild-card loss at Green Bay@NewsdaySports @APSE_sportmedia #NYGvsGB pic.twitter.com/ftkh1vkAT0
— Joe Manniello (@joe_manniello) January 9, 2017

Here's our @nydnsports BP. @apse_sportmedia @giants @packers @packers_news @nflnetwork #nflplayoffs @treysongzfanz https://t.co/yUPFGrV7HZ pic.twitter.com/pVah4l3KOu
— Back Page Guy NYDN (@BackPageGuyNYDN) January 9, 2017

Wisconsin papers, meanwhile, chose to focus on the fact that the Packers are led by a wizard of a quarterback playing his best football of the season, rather than what happened on an off day six days before the game. But that’s not as fun.

Published Jan 9, 2017

DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).