Monday’s Win Was Nice, But Nothing Has Changed For Giants

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There used to be something special about the Giants and 49ers meeting on Monday night. The matchup conjures up images of Mark Bavaro running over a bevy of 49ers tacklers and carrying them for a game-changing first down.

There was also a famous 1990 confrontation between two 10-1 teams at Candlestick Park in 1990 that was expected to be a shootout between Joe Montana and Phil Simms. Instead, two rock-ribbed defenses met each other and the Niners scored the only touchdown of the game on a Montana-to-John Taylor pass as San Francisco prevailed by a 7-3 score.

Monday night’s game between the Giants and Niners was mildly entertaining, and the Giants…