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“#Giants aren\u2019t apologizing for wild NFL playoff scenario<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Blake Martinez saw his head coach get fired in December 2018 and played in two meaningless game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n

What happ<\/a>ened to the Packers then is what normally happens to six-win teams in the NFL. This is not.<\/p>\n

If Martinez\u2019s Giants beat the Cowboys on Sunday to get to six wins, they have a chance to become the first-ever 10-loss playoff team, win a division title and host a wild-card game.<\/p>\n

In any other division, the Giants would be at least five games out of first place and playing out the stretch. But the NFC East and No. 4 seed in the playoffs \u2014 deserved or not \u2014 goes to Washington with a win over the Eagles, or to the Giants-Cowboys winner if Washington loses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the record is the biggest thing to look at,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cI think you look at a team as how they progressed throughout the season, their style of play. Once you get in the playoffs, it really becomes 0-0. You can be a team that\u2019s 16-0, lose the first game and all of a sudden you are out. You could be a team that\u2019s 6-10 and win all the way through. Once you are in that position, the best team wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Giants boarded a train Sunday night in Baltimore with their fate all but sealed by a 27-13 loss to the Ravens. By the time the train stopped, they were granted a reprieve because Washington and Philadelphia both lost. If either team had won, the Giants would\u2019ve been eliminated.<\/p>\n

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Blake Martinez (right) and the Giants still could make the playoffs.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cWe had the games streaming in the background and had a little conference room in the front car that I was in,\u201d coach Joe Judge said. \u201cMe and [coordinator] Pat Graham went through the defensive tape together and we were checking scores throughout the league. That\u2019s normal custom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Players followed the scores on phone apps but couldn\u2019t high-five in celebration because of COVID-19 social<\/a> distancing trackers. When the Giants arrived back at team headquarters, Judge called a meeting in the practice bubble to address the playoff scenarios.<\/p>\n

\u201cThinking you\u2019re going to be eliminated to having an opportunity,\u201d center Nick Gates said, \u201cit was a good feeling even though we would\u2019ve rather won the game and given ourselves a better opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

No matter which team goes to the playoffs, the NFC East winner will be the third playoff team ever with a losing record.<\/p>\n

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