The team had just finished stretching on Thursday and the players were headed toward their various stations for drills when all of a sudden the loud music stopped. The fieldhouse was eerily quiet. The players then jogged to the middle of the field where linebacker Jonathan Casillas was calling them all together.
It was the moment when the regular-season ended and the postseason began for the Giants.
Technically that happens on Sunday in Washington after the Giants finish their 16th game on the schedule. But Casillas made sure everyone understood how important this game is to their future, that preparations for the wild-card round — and possibly beyond — cannot be crammed into the space of one week.