There is a sweet smell wafting inside the Quest Diagnostics Center and in the December air outside where MetLife Stadium sits just a few field of dreams away, an unfamiliar smell to many of these 2016 Giants.
It is the sweet smell of the playoffs.
As the 9-4 Giants prepare to play their last regular-season home game Sunday against the Lions, and likely their last game of this season at MetLife Stadium, the aroma drives them, every single one of them, the ones who have not experienced the meaningful January games on the road to the Super Bowl, and those who have.