00:05the Giants just had the greatest bye week in the history of bye weeks JJ McCarthy gets an extra
00:12week under his belt you get healthier overall as a team plus you got a chance to watch teams in
00:18your division beat up on each other and blow leads in fact the Giants have a chance to win
00:25the division for the first time since 2011 2011 stop what you're doing and think about what was
00:32popular back in 2011 go yeah it's been that long so since they have a chance to win it since
00:41the
00:41first time for 2011 if I'm Joe Shane Donna Ponte Brandon Brown and John Harbaugh I'm going all
00:49the way in to take the division and make a postseason run and I'm going to show you why and
00:55how in this blue rush after the bye breakdown I mean number one the division pretty much took care of
01:06itself Dallas lost Sunday afternoon when the Cardinals beat them 33 to 30 in overtime not only
01:12did they drop a lead but they dropped to three and five on the season Philly lost Sunday night
01:18the Commanders beat them 27 to 10 that's their sixth straight loss and they're now two and six
01:25on the season Tanner McKee's under center with Jalen Hurts on IR and let's be honest Tanner McKee is not
01:32the key to make a run for Philly that win over the Eagles put the Commanders at two four and
01:39one and we
01:39can all agree that they're a team that you don't want to get hot late in the season but at
01:44a record of
01:45two four and one that definitely has them behind the eight ball right now so let's talk about the
01:52Giants chances the prediction market has the Giants at a 55 percent chance to win the NFC East that's up
02:0114 points because before the season ESPN's FPI had the Giants at a 10 percent shot to win the division
02:10so you go from 10 to 55 percent that means you got to be all in if you want to
02:17win this is a team that
02:18linked into the bye week you lose Jackson Dart week two Brian Burns from the ACL your leading tackler and
02:25Tremaine Ednis had season ending shoulder surgery right before the Houston game and they still went three one and
02:32one down Jackson Dart the bye week gave a lot of other guys that were just banged up not out
02:38for the
02:38season a chance to heal up let's look at the offensive line Andrew Thomas Jermaine Illuminor Marcus Bowe they
02:46were all limited before that Houston game corner Greg Newsome the second with the concussion he looked like
02:52he may be back for the Eagles game Theo Johnson was out with the neck injury and then Paulson Adebo
02:58is just
02:59getting his sea legs back coming back from IR and you know what now that I think about it they
03:05didn't
03:05even have Javon Holland in that Houston Texans game so you're getting some key guys back at the right
03:11moment when the schedule starts to get a little bit harder but there's still that chance for you to make
03:17that run on the JJ McCarthy because JJ McCarthy got more reps reps reps reps that's what you want to
03:26get
03:26this guy now that he's your QB one the bye week gave the coaches Matt Nagy and these guys a
03:31time
03:31for JJ to learn a little bit more of the offense it's all about the three C's for JJ McCarthy
03:37the calls
03:38the checks the chemistry knowing the call and what you're supposed to do with with the call
03:44no one know you know as Tom Coughlin used to say the checks how to get yourself checked out of
03:50potential
03:51danger or check yourself into a favorable play that can help you and then obviously the chemistry
03:57we see it with Malachi Fields we're seeing it with Malik neighbors and just a small sample size so JJ
04:02McCarthy getting an extra week to work with his weapons and get more comfortable with this offense
04:08that's always a plus but can the Giants win this division early that is the question that I'm asking
04:16because they only got four of them things left week nine at the Eagles week 10 versus the commanders
04:22for some Thursday night football action then they don't play a division game again until week 17 when
04:28they go to Dallas and then they host the Eagles week 18 two of those four division games come five
04:36days from each other Sunday to Thursday you beat Philly and Washington the Giants are going to come out of
04:43that
04:43next week six two and one with every single rival under 500 and chasing they've got to do whatever
04:54they can to make this the best possible roster for the rest of the season to one lock up this
05:01division
05:01and go on a postseason run
05:13that's good
