The Giants no longer have one of their top motivating forces from last week: Desperation.
They beat the Texans for their first win of the season and avoided falling to 0-3. The season-on-the-verge vibe has disappeared thanks to that victory. But as the Giants face the Saints on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, they’re trying to maintain that same intensity.
“I think last week we had great urgency and understanding of what we had to fix and get better,” Eli Manning said. “I think you have to have that same mentality. We’ve got to fix things from last week, there were mistakes, and I think that’s the mindset is to get better and improve each and every week.