We now come to the juncture of the Giants’ schedule called Playing for Pride, and it is not a place they want to be.
It is the neighborhood reserved for teams residing in Nowheresville, a place where closing time arrives when the clock runs out on the regular season. The Giants entered Week 15 with the slimmest of shots to make it into the playoffs, and it is disingenuous to characterize what went on the past month as postseason contention. They were not eliminated, though, until their offense went dark and a 17-0 loss to the Titans turned the lights out.