Don’t Look Too Far Ahead

You’ve been hearing it ever since the Giants crushed the Texans, 34-10, on Sunday. “Trap game.” It’s a term that basically means that the Giants may expect to coast to victory against perennial doormats the Detroit Lions.  In other words, they could be coasting as such and have a trap door appear out of nowhere and stick them with a big “L” instead of the expected “W.” But here’s the real reason that this is possible and why it’s brought up.  The Giants face one of their fierce division rivals a week from Monday, the Dallas Cowboys.  It’s the first division game of the season for the G-men, and therefore looking ahead to that or trying to “save something” for that game creates the illusion of a trap against the next opponent on the schedule, the Lions. Of course, Tom Coughlin is the type of coach that deems every game important, and he respects every other team in the NFL.  So even if he thought the Lions ...