EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Fans tend to treat the N.F.L. season like an H. G. Wells science fiction story: Every week is Armageddon.
Each victory is the prelude to the Super Bowl; every loss is like a death knell.
It’s the nature of a 16-game season in which a combination of brutality and walking a tightrope without a net gives each week an urgency that is unmatched by any other sport.
For fans of the Giants, Armageddon is rapidly approaching. On Sunday, the Giants became the first team in N.F.L. history to blow two double-digit leads in two games to open the season.