On the surface, it might feel like the San Francisco 49ers’ primetime matchup with New York Giants represents a relative break from the Steelers-Cardinals-Packers gauntlet of the past three weeks. But if you haven’t been paying close attention, the Giants are probably a little better than you think. Tom Coughlin’s squad enters with a 2–2 record, but it’s not a stretch to say the Giants should probably be undefeated.
After a Josh Brown field goal — from the 1-yard line, which was an awful decision at the time, but that’s another story — put the Giants up 26–20 with 97 seconds to play in the season opener against the Cowboys, Pro-Football-Reference put their win probability just shy of 99 percent.