I'm starting to think the following two games are the most important the team has played in since 2011:
October 19 at Philadelphia
October 25 home against Dallas
I think the October 19 game is more psychologically important as the January 3 game against Philly would remain important on paper if we lost in Philadelphia.
The October 25 home game is a MUST game since we gave that game away in Dallas. Thing that sucks is we will have a short week (6 days) while Dallas will be coming off of a bye (14 full days to prepare even without Romo...Dez could be back).
Good job schedule makers!
however at the end of the year, if we miss the playoffs because of a tie breaker, any loss is what decided it. An opening day loss is just as much to blame for missing the playoffs as a closing day loss.
I hope it doesn't come down to that, because the first Dallas game was a W in the books until we absolutely fucked it up with the equivalent of Eli/McAdoo/TC saying 'hold my beer and watch this'.
We have a mediocre at best Niner team flying across country for a Sunday nighter.
The Eagles are hosting a (now) live dog in New Orleans with Brees back in the mix.
The Skins are @ Falcons...good luck with that.
Weeden vs Little Bill. Enough said.
Add in the quarterback situation in this division for the foreseeable future and the upcoming schedule, the Giants are positioned to do major damage the next 3 weeks. We'll see if they are up for the challenge.
Have to take care of business Sunday night, I'm thinking the offense will really start to take off. It's a few plays and kinks away from being a consistent 30+ scoring offense.
Losing to the Cowboys would be really bad. It will be very tough to win the division.
From your keyboard to Gods ears.
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take care of business outside of it..That's the recipe imv
These next 3 weeks are fucking huge. No more fucking around. Want to develop a new culture here with the Giants and bury the last 2.5 years of shit? Win the next 3. Don't let Philly off the hook and give that team new life and ditto for Dallas.
I want fans to whine and bitch that the Giants were gifted this division due to all the injuries. I can already here the whining out of the Dallas fan base but the only way this happens is to take the division from them. Shame on NY if they don't take it this year. IT's on a fucking platter.
This is a huge October for this franchise. Don't wanna hear any fucking excuses. Kennard is hurt? Boo fucking hoo...deal with it. No Cruz? Too fucking bad....deal with it. Win these games. Step on their fucking throats. The OL is healthy the RBs are healthy the QB is healthy and most of the WRs are healthy. Take it. No excuses. This team is plenty good enough to win 10.
I would agree that our October division games are important, but it is too melodramatic to say today that our season's fate will be decided by two games. I mean - what if the Giants lose those 2 games and win out all the others?
DEEAAATH !!!!
DEEAAAATH TO ALL OUR OPPONENTS !!!!
GO GIANTS !!!!
Yeah
2010, the game against the Eagles: made any one of several plays during that 7-minute collapse, and the Giants would have won that game and gone to the play offs, if nothing else changed.
2012, the game against the Eagles: made that last second FG on the second attempt after the 1st try had gone long enough but wide, then again the Giants would have been in the post season, if nothing else changed.
Neither was too much to asked for. I sincerely hope we don't miss the post season by 1 game this year ......
32-9 career record in october. 4 of those losses in the past two years with shitty teams.
I expect a return to October greatness the next three weeks.
Just like in 2011 when the Giants had to play at New Orleans in prime time, and return home to Green Bay coming off their bye.
Why they can't just make all the byes over a 4 week period and teams coming off byes can play each other is beyond me. Just too simple I guess.
This is the first thing I look at when the schedule comes out every spring, and the league seems to hit the same teams with it every year.
Last year's game in Philly was big too. Unfortunately, the Giants got blown out and lost Cruz, who hasn't played since.
Dallas (NE, BYE, @Giants, Seattle *no Romo*
Philly (NO, NYG, @Car)
Skins (@Atl, @NYJ, Bucs)
The non-division opponents for our division rivals includes Seattle, NE, @Atl, @Car, @NYJ
This is a huge opportunity.
Why they can't just make all the byes over a 4 week period and teams coming off byes can play each other is beyond me. Just too simple I guess.
I agree. Some of scheduling changes that I think make sense: 18-week season with two bye weeks; Super Bowl is on the Sunday before Presidents' Day so we get the day after off; Thursday night games are always with two teams coming out of the bye; Monday night games are always with two teams going into a bye; each team has 3 or 4 short-term IR spots.
Win your division games
next question: "Season's fate decided by two games?"
Why would there be Dallas fans in philly?
Race, what race? You gave up after the Dallas loss
we need to stay reasonably healthy - no more blood clots, MRSA cases, fireworks accidents or other freak injuries
Yeah - I hate when fans don't take the one game at a time approach -- because they start wildly hallucinating and working themselves, and all their impressionable readers, into a lather of unreality -
the season is about the next game dude - just look all around you - the psyche of this site lives and dies with each game ----- and seasonal forecasts and perspectives change with each game
two weeks ago after two games, there was no season. Now, after four games, two games in October will decide the season? See, there's really no perspective here.
So me, I look at this team game to game, because, they are a work in progress
I'd have to rate that a bit more important than Sunday upcoming.
(Also had chance to make wild card with a win in two later December road games (Falcons/Ravens).)
Why they can't just make all the byes over a 4 week period and teams coming off byes can play each other is beyond me. Just too simple I guess.
Not good for TV ratings, not good for fantasy football, and not good for FanDuel/DraftKings, that's why. The league is running a business.
I agree they should be more coordinated than this on scheduling but i suppose there are a lot of factors that go into when venues can actually host games. I liked the idea above to institute a 2nd bye week. Fans would like that too as its another weekend of (fantasy) football.
And I really dont understand why every thursday game is Divisional. These games are worth like 1.5 games and you have teams on short rest with no time to prepare. They should have bye weeks the week preceeding - which is easier to do when you go back to two bye weeks.
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the 1 game at a time approach? We're not on the team.
Yeah - I hate when fans don't take the one game at a time approach -- because they start wildly hallucinating and working themselves, and all their impressionable readers, into a lather of unreality -
the season is about the next game dude - just look all around you - the psyche of this site lives and dies with each game ----- and seasonal forecasts and perspectives change with each game
two weeks ago after two games, there was no season. Now, after four games, two games in October will decide the season? See, there's really no perspective here.
So me, I look at this team game to game, because, they are a work in progress
And that's Bingo!
Stop whining about schedule.
In Dallas's top three games this year, New England, Seattle, and Green Bay, the schedule makers gave New England and Seattle the bye week before they played Dallas.
They saved their best for Green bay. Green Bay plays at home on a Thursday night before Dallas and Dallas plays a Monday night game on the road at Washington. So, Green Bay has 10 days at home to prepare and Dallas travels on a short week.
Not so fair, is it.
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Giants have six days and Cowboys the bye? Surprised they didn't make it at Dallas.
Stop whining about schedule.
In Dallas's top three games this year, New England, Seattle, and Green Bay, the schedule makers gave New England and Seattle the bye week before they played Dallas.
They saved their best for Green bay. Green Bay plays at home on a Thursday night before Dallas and Dallas plays a Monday night game on the road at Washington. So, Green Bay has 10 days at home to prepare and Dallas travels on a short week.
Not so fair, is it.
Fair points. OTOH, this is the third consecutive year that the 'Boys get their bye the week before playing the Giants, which defies any principle of randomness. And, while you characterize those other games as the "top" games, division games are most important because, obviously, winning the division is a direct path to the playoffs.
Also not random that the 'Boys were going to be the one NFC East team that benefited from the Brady suspension, if Roger had his way (with Jerry's full support). That's a bit more important than Pats coming off the bye.
NFL likes to play games with its power. What else is it for.