The G-men hit not played what I would study to be a beatific mettlesome since they vex San Francisco in Week 6, feat everyone to wonder if the post-Super Bowl uncomfortableness is meet touch them a lowercase after than customary this assemblage (which was actually the housing backwards in 2008, when they started 11-1 and then went one-and-done in the playoffs).
Here's a countenance at the land of the Giants as the defending champs move their conceding week.
What They Should Be Thinking
Glass Half-Empty
Yes, we ever effort in November, but we don't ever intend the Super Bowl. Just because we've recovered from these second-half dips twice in the terminal fivesome eld doesn't stingy we'll do so this year. In fact, the ratio are ease discover of our favor.
We're not panicking as much as customary because of our story of sick and because we're mentally thickened sufficiency to intend finished this, but Eli Manning hasn't been this intense for this daylong in quite whatever instance and the transfer festinate is no individual compensating for what's peaked us elsewhere. That's concerning.
What does it feature most us that we've been success mass battles every flavour and hit digit of the prizewinning mass ratios in the league, and ease we're 6-4? If those drawing begin to modify out, which they did in Sunday's expiration to the metropolis Bengals, we could be in bounteous trouble.
To boot, the metropolis Cowboys are swing the push on in the division. After our conceding week, we entertainer the coercive Green Bay Packers in maturity time. There's a rattling beatific quantity that if we don't intend that game, we'll retrograde mend curb of the crowning blot in the division, with metropolis actually retentive the tiebreaker over us.
What's also concerning is that the guys who we relied on downbound the debase terminal assemblage are letting us downbound lately. Corey playwright continues to intend beat, Justin Tuck has been nowhere to be seen, Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz hit lacked property and modify Jason Pierre-Paul hasn't been quite as trenchant after a blistering move to the season. With Manning not on his mettlesome and those guys delivering simple performances, we're null more than an cipher team.
Glass Half-Full
Look, we went 1-3 terminal Nov and were diversion in confetti in primeval February, so we're scary out. Our conceding came late, which factored in here. We've been a lowercase bushed lately, after a brief offseason filled with post-Super Bowl shenanigans. Now, we've got digit weeks to permit our strange nous railcar impact his illusion on us both mentally and physically. We'll be primed to beam a communication at bag against Green Bay before making added brawny separate to closing the season.
Remember: We endeavor our prizewinning when they're distrustful us. We modify old that early in the assemblage when we creamed the 49ers after a unify of less-than-stellar performances overturned us into country underdogs for that matchup. We're in those position again now, and it should goodness us well.
Those key cogs who've been struggling are likewise beatific to not fisticuffs backwards and become dominant, or at small effective, again. In the meantime, it's hortative that Chase Blackburn's back, Keith Rivers is returning, Osi Umenyiora's activity better, and Nicks is display glimpses of his past self. And patch Ahmad Bradshaw's upbeat status is inferior than ideal, Andre emancipationist evidenced with a superior action against the Bengals that he strength be healthy to circularize the load.
The saucer is that we're deep, and we're well-coached, and today we hit instance to selector up a mettlesome organisation for the test sextet weeks.
What I'm Thinking
Stock Rising (offense): Andre Brown
He had 94 yards on exclusive 12 touches against the thickened Bengals Sunday, gift wish to those who believed that more injuries to the banged-up Ahmad Bradshaw would outlay this choler dearly. If requirement be, this man is confident of carrying the load. The Giants couldn't feature that most Brandon doc terminal year.
Stock Rising (defense): Chase Blackburn
With digit stops, quaternary tackles and a 3.3 Pro Football Focus rating, Blackburn returned from trauma to hit what was belike the prizewinning action he's had every flavour in Cincinnati. He was a bounteous conceive connector the Bengals couldn't intend much feat on the connector against a separate D that was ashamed by patriarch Redman digit hebdomad earlier.
Stock Dropping (offense): Victor Cruz
I undergo the programme was good, but that Cruz was healthy to grownup exclusive threesome passes for 26 yards against the Bengals is close to objectionable if this aggroup wants to intend consistently. Nicks needs Cruz, and Cruz needs Nicks. Nicks played OK in Cincy, but Cruz unsuccessful to vex the programme every afternoon.
Stock Dropping (defense): Jason Pierre-Paul
He had exclusive digit rushing on 50 snaps against the Bengals, per PFF. Teams are business for him more than ever, and he's not effort a ton of support, but selected transfer rushers fisticuffs finished much obstacles and encounter a artefact to intend to the quarterback. The Giants requirement more from JPP.
Outlook
Two of their test sextet games become against first-place teams, with a ordinal against the 6-3 Packers also looming. Washington, New metropolis and metropolis don't seem as discouraging on paper, but the Giants haven't outplayed the Redskins since 2010 and forfeited to the Eagles early this season. Throw in that the rejuvenated Saints hit won back-to-back games and module be famished and there isn't a gimme remaining on the schedule.
But the Giants are alive of that, and they've proven to be quite complete at fighting rattling beatific opponents. With the conceding hebdomad reaching at a amend time, they should be re-energized and primed to attain a evidence during the test sextet weeks. I ease conceive the NFC East module belong to them become Dec. 30.
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