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John Madden invoked as inspiration by Joe Judge as Giants prepare for Bears

To most of the current players he was the video game guy. To another generation, including Joe Judge’s, he was the colorful TV commentator. But John Madden, as anyone who has been paying attention over the past day or so has come to understand, was so much more than any of those things.

On Wednesday, a day after his death, Madden was invoked as an inspiration for a Giants team that has already been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention and now must summon the fortitude to play the two games remaining on its schedule.

"One thing John Madden was great about when you really sit back and you listen to some of the things that he said throughout his career was the importance of every game and every opportunity in the National Football League and the value of the opportunity that we have to coach or play in this league," Judge said on Wednesday.