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As the Giants exited their hotel into the bright morning sun, with their new champion hats shielding their bleary eyes, it seemed fitting that the night before, on the most important play of their season, they were hoping not to score.
It was that kind of counterintuitive year for them, a nearly constant referendum on the mind-bending turns of playing from the precipice. There was the moment General Manager Jerry Reese spawned eye-rolling when, at the nadir of an injury-riddled, free-agent-defection-laced training camp, he declared the Giants would get into the playoffs and make a run. The speech on the eve of the game when Coach , finally shedding his gruffness once and for all,...
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