Of all the sentences that Joe Judge flushes out and repeats with his team, “supposedly” is not one of his favorites.
Oh, there’s a lot the giants are supposed to know and do. Be on time. Be attentive. Be respectful and vigilant. And in this most unusual year, always keep in mind the COVID-19 restrictions and protocols that keep it going.
This week there is an “alleged” judge trying to stay out of the building. If he could lock the doors, plug the vents, and darken the windows, he could.
The Giants are set to beat the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on Sunday.
If it doesn’t happen, will the NFL tip over on its axis? Of course not. Would it be one of the season’s biggest surprises? No way. But the Giants are rested and have won two games. The Bengals face the devastating end-of-season knee injury that came from their rookie feeling, Joe Burrow. It was one of the most important and only reasons to feel comfortable in Cincinnati. They are expected to go with a quarterback, Brandon Allen, who has three NFL starts and is a complete wildcard choice in many ways.
The Giants at 3-7 are in the middle of a strange but true playoff chase. The Bengals are 2-7-1 and nestled in last place in the AFC North. The Giants are favored in a street game for the first time in four years. So many signs here point to the giants. Allegedly.
“The message I always have for players is that if you start reading the headlines and want to believe the good, you better be willing to believe the bad, as many of the same people two different people every two weeks Write stories about you. “” The judge said. “You can’t go up and down on the roller coaster. Whatever is said outside the building may be some truth, but at the same time we cannot let this determine how we prepare or what flow we have and what mindset we have.
“Look, just because some games have gone differently in the last few weeks than at the beginning of the season, it doesn’t change our preparation or our way of thinking. Every week we really work to be 1-0. That is the only important thing on a weekly basis. I think our players understand that everything we do adds up. But in the end it only matters what you do for those 60 minute or those three hour Sunday windows when it really counts. ”
What really matters is not what should happen, but what actually happens. The Giants play 5-0 this season when they play outside their own division. This is another limit that they must cross.
The judge hopes that there will be no difference in how the Giants act as a team suddenly full of external expectations and that the team that worked in the first half of the season has come down from the weight of failure.
“We’re fortunate enough to have the opportunity to be in this cause and everyone in the division is,” said Safety Logan Ryan. “We see how hard it is to win in the NFL. It is not easy. We have lost so many times and we haven’t had the ability to finish that often. We learned how to cope; We learn how to win games. We still do that. The season is not over yet. We still have one last way to go here and I think we just have to be very grateful for the moment. ”
Nothing will be decided this week or weekend as the four teams at NFC East had the same number of wins – three – and were separated by one from top to bottom after 10 weeks and before Thanksgiving in week 12. half game.
“We’re coming out of Thanksgiving after this weekend, everyone’s really equal,” said Judge. “The only thing that matters is what we do from this point on. We have to improve consistently. I think our players have been doing this all year long, but nothing before this game is going to matter. Nothing is going to help us beat the Bengals other than what we do this week to prepare and how we play Cincinnati for 60 minutes. ”
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