A little under a year ago, the Giants came out of their bye week with the whole world in front of them.
They were 5-5, and held all the cards. If they beat the Redskins, the NFC East was all but clinched. The Giants could have lost their final five games, according to playoff simulators, and they still would have had a strong chance to win the division. Their odds would only go up with each extra victory they could scrape together.
All the Giants had to do was win.