Click here for Giants postseason awards »

Tom Coughlin wanted to see which New York Giants team would show up.

Would it be the one that went 7-7 in 2011 or the one that finished that magical year winning six do-or-die games to win the Super Bowl?

The answer was not what Coughlin was hoping for. The 2012 Giants were unpredictable and not nearly as clutch as 2011's team, capable of dominating contenders like San Francisco and Green Bay only to completely vanish when Coughlin needed them to show up the most in Atlanta and Baltimore.

They started the season 6-2 yet again but finished with a 9-7 record for a second straight year. The problem is 9-7 wasn't good enough this time to win the NFC East and get into the playoffs.

Here's the 2012 final report card: