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
00:55and how in this blue rush after the bye breakdown I mean number one the division pretty much took care
01:06of itself Dallas lost Sunday afternoon when the Cardinals beat them 33 to 30 in overtime not only
01:13did they drop a lead but they dropped the 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
01:40can 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 Edmonds had season ending shoulder surgery right before the Houston game and they still went three
02:32one and one down Jackson Dart the bye week gave a lot of other guys that were just banged up
02:37not out for the season
02:39a chance to heal up let's look at the offensive line Andrew Thomas Jermaine Illuminor Marcus Bowe
02:45they were all limited before that Houston game corner Greg Newsome the second with the concussion he
02:52looked like he may be back for the Eagles game Theo Johnson was out with the neck injury and then
02:57Paulson Adebo is just getting his sea legs back coming back from IR and you know what now that I
03:04think
03:04about it they didn't even have Javon Holland in that Houston Texans game so you're getting some key guys back
03:10at the right moment when the schedule starts to get a little bit harder but there's still that chance for
03:17you
03:17to make that run on the JJ McCarthy because JJ McCarthy got more reps reps reps reps reps that's what
03:25you want
03:25to get this guy now that he's your QB one the bye week gave the coaches Matt Nagy and these
03:31guys a time for JJ to learn a
03:33little bit more of the offense it's all about the three C's for JJ McCarthy the calls the checks
03:39the chemistry knowing the call and what you're supposed to do with with the call no one know you
03:45know as Tom Coughlin used to say the checks how to get yourself checked out of potential danger or
03:52check yourself into a favorable play that can help you and then obviously the chemistry we see it with
03:58Malachi Fields we're seeing it with Malik neighbors and just a small sample size so JJ McCarthy getting
04:03an extra week to work with his weapons and get more comfortable with this offense that's always a plus
04:09but can the Giants win this division early that is the question that I'm asking because they only got
04:17four of them things left week nine at the Eagles week 10 versus the commanders for some Thursday night
04:23football action then they don't play a division game again until week 17 when they go to Dallas
04:29and then they host the Eagles week 18 two of those four division games come five days from each other
04:37Sunday to Thursday you beat Philly and Washington the Giants are going to come out of that next week
04:44six two and one with every single rival under 500 and chasing they've got to do whatever they can to
04:55make
04:56this the best possible roster for the rest of the season to one lock up this division and go on
05:02a postseason run
05:13and go on a postseason run
