After losing to the Cowboys in Week 10, the Giants fell to 2-8 on the season as their top two quarterbacks sat on injured reserve. Despite the outlook on the season, the Giants never gave up. Since then, they have won three consecutive games, which has catapulted the Giants back into the playoff race.
“One year has nothing to do with the next,” coach Brian Daboll told the media Tuesday. “One game has nothing to do with the next. This is a tough league for everybody. You have to be able to handle the ups and you have to be able to handle the downs.
You don’t accept the downs, I’ll tell you that. There’s a lot of things that you have to do better to try to get yourself out of a rut. That’s everybody, that starts with me. You don’t get too high when things are going and you’re winning a few games. Because this league is a humbling league. I’ve said it I don’t know how many times, it’s a very humbling league.
“But what I do appreciate is the players and the coaches sticking together, working through things, having a strong commitment to improve, being good teammates. Those are all important things for all of us, regardless of what position you’re at, to be able to do those things. I’ve got a lot of appreciation for our team and for our people in our building. It’s never going to be easy.
As good as it is one week, it could be as bad the next week. So, got to keep the focus where it needs to be. The only thing you could do, which is what we try to do every week, is to improve and play our best game for that following Sunday or Monday or whatever it is. It doesn’t always happen, that’s for sure, but it doesn’t mean you don’t try to make sure it does.”
The road to the playoffs will not be easy. All four remaining games are against NFC teams fighting for their own playoff hopes. The Saints are contending for both the NFC South title and a Wild Card spot, while the Rams are another one of the five teams currently sitting at 6-7. Then of course, the Eagles are still in contention for both the NFC East crown and the No. 1 seed in the conference. If the Giants want to make a serious playoff push, they will have to play their best football of the season in these final few weeks.
The New York Giants head back onto the road to visit the New Orleans Saints in the Caesars Superdome on Sunday, Dec. 17. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. ET on FOX. Sunday’s game marks the 32nd regular-season meeting between the Giants and Saints.
The Giants hold a 17-14 advantage in the series. The Giants and Saints have alternated victories in their last six meetings, with the Giants winning in 2012, 2016 and 2021 and New Orleans winning in 2011, 2015 and 2018. The teams last faced off on Oct. 3, 2021, when the Giants defeated the Saints in overtime, 27-21, to break their six-game losing streak in New Orleans that dated back to 1994.
