No one can take back any of the six wins the Giants left town with as they went their separate ways for the bye week. Brian Daboll gave the team six full days off: They met this Monday and do not have to return to the facility until next Monday, except for injured players, who will stay around to continue their rehab work.
No one can look at what the Giants accomplished in the first eight weeks of the season, break down the how and whys and request the Giants forfeit some of the victories.
But anyone can add up the 32 quarters played by the Giants and the 32 quarters played by their opponents and come up with this: The Giants are 6-2 despite outscoring their opponents by a total of just six points. The Giants were the only team in the league to have every game in the first seven weeks decided by one score — eight points or fewer — a stretch of close calls that ended in Week 8, when a 13-13 fourth-quarter tie dissolved into a 27-13 loss to the Seahawks in Seattle.
If style points and statistical dominance are requirements for a team to be taken seriously, the Giants should be considered a laughingstock. What has already transpired cannot be undone, though. Daboll was absolutely on the money when he was asked about the 6-2 record and said, “Those are in the past. Put money in the bank, so to speak.’’
