It seems like an obvious message.
It’s getting late in the year. The Giants are in the thick of a race for the NFC East crown and a playoff berth. They have lost their last two games and played some of their most uninspired football of the season. And on Sunday they are facing a team that not only shares their desperation for a postseason bid but also the stadium itself.
And yet Tom Coughlin took every opportunity to put the verbal spurs to his players during this past week, reminding them that they need to work harder and be better prepared than they have been for the first three-quarters of the season.