Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted in 2005.
MINNEAPOLIS — It’s getting late early for the Giants, whose 2-0 start under first-year coach Ben McAdoo and 13th-year quarterback Eli Manning quickly has become a fading memory of late summer.
Sure, there is a long, long way to go at 2-2, only a quarter of the way through the season, as bad as they looked in a 24-10 loss to the still-undefeated Vikings here Monday night.
But the next four weekends bring with them grave potential for season-defining trouble.