Giants head coach Joe Judge looks on during the fourth quarter of the game against the Bears at Soldier Field on Sunday in Chicago. Credit: Getty Images/Quinn Harris
CHICAGO — The question was simple enough. To paraphrase: Why should Giants fans have faith in Joe Judge as the man to lead the Giants back to respectability?
What followed was an impassioned, meandering, fascinating, labyrinth of an answer that went on for more than 11 minutes and more than 2,700 words, the gist of which was that he had fixed what was a broken team culture.
Before going into the many, many details, let’s say we accept every word of Judge’s speech after Sunday’s 29-3 loss to the Bears at face value.