The 4-4 New York Giants are not exactly a juggernaut, but if the season ended today they would be NFC East champions. That's a fact Tom Coughlin made sure he reminded everyone of during his Wednesday press conference.
"Right now we're currently in first place, so let's stay there," Coughlin said.
Thing is, based on strength of schedule remaining, the Giants might have already missed their best chance to do that. Football Outsiders estimates that the Giants have the seventh-toughest schedule among NFL teams over the second half of the season.
Football Outsiders went beyond pure opponents' won-loss records to come up with its rankings.