How can giants get in playoffs

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More News Around the Network ». View all Our Sites. Tweet Share Pin. The No. The Giants should have beaten the Falcons in Week 3, and I still believe the Giants are the better team. Atlanta has beaten the Giants, Jets, Dolphins and pulled off an upset of the Saints. The Carolina Panthers are and fading fast after a start.

I would venture a guess at this point that one of those teams will make a strong playoff run the rest of the way. The Vikings. They face the Packers twice, the Chargers , Steelers , Rams and 49ers. The Seahawks will be bolstered by the return of Russell Wilson. The 49ers? Hard to figure, and hard to trust.

FiveThirtyEight also only has the Giants with a higher probability of winning two times in their final seven games: against the Eagles in Week 12 and Washington in Week Another thing working against the Giants: History. There have been teams to start with record since , and only four made the playoffs — the last being Washington in The Giants are through their first nine games, their best mark in five years. And while the Giants put themselves in better position to stay relevant by winning against the Raiders heading into their bye week, the odds are still significantly stacked against them.

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