As agonizing as another last-second loss was for the Giants, all is not even close to being lost.
Big Blue can thank the woeful NFC East for that.
Even after letting what would have been a season-defining moment slip through their hands Sunday in a 27-26 loss to the unbeaten Patriots, Tom Coughlin’s 5-5 team enters its bye week as the only team in the division without a losing record.
As a result, the Giants are in first place — a half-game better than the Eagles and Redskins and 2 ¹/u2082 games ahead of the rapidly fading Cowboys — and still control their own destiny despite riding a roller coaster of injuries and heartbreaking finishes the first 10 games.