As December dawns, the New York Giants enter the last month on the calendar with a winning record for the first time since 2016.
Despite a two-game losing streak, Big Blue rookie head coach Brian Daboll is making sure his 7-4 squad knows it’s arrived at a hugely significant time of the season, and perhaps arrived at an all-important point in continuing a franchise turnaround.
“When you play meaningful games in December, I think that’s why we all do this,” Daboll said Tuesday, via team transcript. “You go all the way back to OTAs and to preseason and the beginning part of the season; now you’re in December. And I’ve been on teams that have played meaningful games in December, and I’ve been part of teams that haven’t. It’s not a lot of fun when you’re not playing meaningful games. So, let’s come to work with a great attitude, a positive mindset. Keep getting better. And you focus on the…