The 2016 Giants, 15 games into their season, are still trying to find themselves. But that is not a surprise. Nor is it a criticism.
An exceedingly young starting lineup, remade under a 39-year-old coach who had never been a head coach at any level before this season, was realistically expected to flex its playoff muscles next season, not in 2016.
The Giants, despite Thursday night’s exasperating stumble in Philadelphia, remain ahead of schedule. That, however, does not obscure their flaws.
That is what Giants fans are going to have to accept. It is an unpredictably good, if imperfect, team that is forced to rely on players untested in the crucible of late-season pivotal games.