The beleaguered offensive line played its best game of the season on Monday night and the Giants won. Coincidence? Hardly.
“When you can protect a quarterback of Eli [Manning]’s quality, he can do good things,” coach Pat Shurmur said on Wednesday. “I told the line today, talking about the game, I said: ‘Don’t take offense to the fact that we’ll go as far as you’ll block for us.’ It’s the reality of it. It’s a compliment.”
Now that they’ve found some footing, the mission becomes topping that performance. Which is why none of them were taking bows or accepting kudos off the victory.