Of course, not long after I wrote that the Giants are the chalk to win the NFC East, they went out and got pummeled by the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, 21-0, the first time Big Blue had been been shut out in a preseason game since 2001.
Let’s have some perspective, please.
The game was in Orchard Park, and the Bills had inordinate incentive to win a contest that wouldn’t register in the final standings.
You had the Marcell Dareus debacle. The ornery, monstrous defensive linemen has been suspended for the team’s first four games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.