Ah, the bye week. It was a chance to sit back, rest up and recharge for the stretch run of the regular season.
Just don’t confuse the Giants’ weekend off with a magic elixir, coach Joe Judge said.
"The biggest mistake people think is when you come out of a bye, you are automatically fresher and faster and all that kind of stuff," he said last week. "I think that’s a myth."
OK, then, maybe he’d prefer the Giants had kept on playing? They have won two in a row and even picked up a half-game on the NFC East-leading Eagles, who lost to the Browns on Sunday.