Talking Giants-Vikings With The Athletic’s Charlotte Carroll
The Giants are making their first postseason appearance in six years this Sunday when they travel to Minnesota to take on the Vikings in a Wild Card matchup.
The game has a number of interesting angles for both teams who have both had their ups and downs.
Winners of six of their first seven games, the Giants went 3-6-1 once the schedule got tougher and kind of stumbled their way into the playoffs.
The Vikings finished the regular season with what looks like a stellar 13-4 record.
But that number is deceiving. VERY deceiving.
Their 40-3 loss to the Cowboys on November 20 was beyond embarrassing.
In the subsequent two weeks they barely beat a struggling Patriots team, and had to claw their way to a win over the Jets.
And then there was that crazy overtime win against the Colts on December 17th in which they somehow came back from a 33-point deficit.
They give up points. Lots of them. In fact only the 4-13 Cardinals and 3-14 Bears gave up more than the Vikings during the regular season.
Charlotte Carroll covers the Giants for The Athletic and she joined Jim Monaghan to talk about this week’s Wild Card matchup between Minnesota and New York.
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