Halfway to ... what, exactly?

Eight games into the season, there’s only one thing anyone can say about the Giants with any conviction: They desperately need the bye week. I’ve been around losing teams before, but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a group less sure exactly why they’re losing. They haven’t experienced a slide like this since 2006, before most of them were even here, and they certainly haven’t experienced a stretch where so many different things have gone wrong. Go ahead and put Bill Sheridan’s head on the chopping block if you want (and judging by the comments and e-mails, some of you won’t be happy until the heads of Sheridan and S C.C. Brown are there together), but the defense has been put in some awful situations lately. Eli Manning’s interceptions (five in the last two games), Jeff Feagles’ punting against the Cardinals, the kickoff coverage, the play-calling (throwing downfield on 3rd and 2) have all conspired to allow t...