EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- What a difference one win and one year can make.
It was just over a year ago that the New York Giants went into their bye week 2-8 after 10 games. They had lost to the New York Jets in a game that safety Jabrill Peppers called "definitely embarrassing."
Running back Saquon Barkley rushed for 1 yard on 13 carries in that contest and it was all but inevitable that coach Pat Shurmur would be fired. Giants owner John Mara zoomed past reporters in the hallway that afternoon, ignoring a query about whether he wanted to comment on the state of his moribund franchise.