The Giants will be the sixth seed in the NFC playoffs — win, lose, or draw vs. the Eagles on Sunday. But they still should play to win.
Brian Daboll set the appropriate tone Wednesday, stepping aside so a doctor, a psychologist and a chaplain could speak to his team. In the wake of the traumatic NFL event, the Giants needed to talk about their physical, mental and spiritual health before they could give any thought to theirShould the Giants and the Eagles and the rest of the league even be playing this weekend? It’s a legitimate question as Bills safetyafter his heart stopped beating on the field Monday night.
Love was just 9 years old in 2007, when Tom Coughlin’s Giants had no playoff odds to enhance entering their final regular-season game and yet famously put up a furious fight with the 15-0 Patriots, losing 38-35 while gaining the confidence required to beat the 18-0 Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. As a Bills coach last year, and as the leader of a Giants team with many Buffalo connections, Daboll was emotional as he arrived at Wednesday’s press conference with a Giants cap graced by Hamlin’s No. 3. The frightening and tragic injury, Daboll said, “weighs heavy on everybody’s hearts and minds,” so declaring his approach for the 13-3 Eagles was something rightfully low on his priority list.
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