Veteran safety Antoine Bethea is the latest New York Giants player to emphasize that the team intends to finish this season strong and take momentum into next season.
“We’re going out there to end the season on a three-game win streak,” Bethea said, via the the New York Post.
The Giants haven’t won three straight games since 2016 and see this as a sign they are turning things around. Heck, they might even manage to save the coaches’ jobs with a convincing win.
“We still have things to play for,” Bethea said. “This is our job. We’re playing for the names on the back of our jerseys, we’re playing for the Giants, for our résumés. We start the season and we talk about ‘We’re in it together.’ We’re in it together until the end. At the end of the day, all our jobs are going to be critiqued. We all want to come out on the positive side.”
Bethea, at 35, is the Giants’ leading tackler this with 104 (76 solo) and it’s not close for second as Bill Parcells would say. That speaks volumes for how devoid of talent this defense is. Safety Jabrill Peppers is second, by the way, with 76 tackles and he’s missed the last month with a back fracture.
The desire to finish strong here is great to hear. The players haven’t tuned out the coaches nor do they have one foot on the bus. But why does it seem to take this team so long to put anything together? We understand there’s a lot of new players and rookies on the roster, plus injuries et al, but other teams have similar issues and manage to overcome them.
