With every season, there are at least a couple high-profile teams - expected to be contenders - that fall hard and short of expectations; dealt a Top 5 most difficult schedule for 2017, the Giants figure to be one of those teams. With match-ups against competitive squads like Oakland, Tampa', Seattle, and Arizona; there are quite a few games - including those in their own division - that could be decided by a TD or less... but, when "push comes to shove", in nearly every case, it's the opponent that comes into the game with the slightly deeper, stronger team, edging them out for the win...

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