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In [[1983 New York Giants season|1983]], [[Bill Parcells]] was promoted to head coach from [[defensive coordinator]]. One of his first moves was to change his starting quarterback, sitting the injury-prone and struggling [[Phil Simms]] (who had missed the entire 1982 season with an injury) and electing instead to go with [[Scott Brunner]], who had gone 4–5 as the starter in place of Simms in the strike-shortened previous season. Parcells went as far as to demote Simms to the third-string position, promoting [[Jeff Rutledge]] over Simms to be Brunner's backup. Parcells later said the move was a mistake and one he "nearly paid for dearly" as [[1983 New York Giants season|the team finished with a 3–12–1 record]] and his job security was called into question.<ref name="dbf"/>
In the off-season the Giants released Brunner and named Simms the starter. The move paid off as the team won nine games and returned to the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1984 New York Giants Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyg/1984.htm |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> After beating the [[1984 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] in the wild-card round, the Giants prepared for a showdown against the top-seeded [[1984 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wild Card - New York Giants at Los Angeles Rams - December 23rd, 1984 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198412230ram.htm |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> The 49ers defeated the Giants 21–10 in the divisional round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Divisional Round - New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers - December 29th, 1984 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198412290sfo.htm |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
=====Super Bowl XXI champions (1986)=====
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