[1] At the time the younger Tim Mara took over, the Giants were in a state of decline, having just come off a two-win season that followed a trip to the NFL Championship game.
The Giants had actually bottomed out a year earlier, when a sure win over the Philadelphia Eagles turned into a shocking loss when Herman Edwards recovered a fumbled handoff and took it all the way back for a touchdown.
This was accomplished by hiring George Young, the director of personnel for the Miami Dolphins, to be the team's general manager, with full authority over football matters.
In 1984, the Giants hit their stride and made the playoffs three consecutive years which culminated in a Super Bowl victory at the end of the 1986 season.
This was mentioned during the Super Bowl XXI postgame show, where CBS' Brent Musburger brought up the schism between the Maras but how things were now better in spite of it.
[5] He spent the next three years still continuing the feud with his uncle until former Giant and broadcaster Frank Gifford stepped in and brought the two together, where they seemed to come to more common ground.