As soon as you walked into the New York Giants’ locker room on Sunday evening you could feel — and hear — the difference.
The locker room was alive. Players were smiling, not sullen. They were loud, not subdued. They were happy to talk with reporters, not dressing quickly and hoping to get out of the room before someone with a microphone or a camera stuck it in their face.
This was the result of winning a game for the first time in 12 weeks, which is what the Giants did on Sunday when they knocked off the Indianapolis Colts with a stunningly complete 45-33 victory that ended an excruciating 10-game losing streak.