 The Giants season is widely regarded as one of the greatest cinderella stories in professional sports history, not only did they beat one of the greatest teams of all time in the undefeated Patriots, they did so as a wild-card team that had to win three playoff games on the road, to get to Super Bowl XLII, and after looking very mediocre at times during the regular season.In fact, based on regular-season performance, the 2007 New York Giants were the worst team to ever reach a Super Bowl, a curiosity later surpassed when the 2011 New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI to become the first team with a negative point differential to win a Super Bowl.NFL Films named the 2007 Giants as the 53rd greatest team of all time in their countdown of the top 100 teams in football history.