Seven weeks ago, the New York Giants were 3-2 and beginning a six-game stretch against playoff contenders. We believed this stretch would tell us everything we needed to know about this year's Giants, and it did. They lost all six of the games and have already been mathematically eliminated from their division race.

So far this season, the Giants have played three games against teams that currently have losing records. They won all three of those games -- at Washington, and at home against the Texans and the Falcons. Their other eight games have been against teams that currently have winning records, and they have lost all eight of those games.

Therefore, if your hope is to see the Giants start winning games again, you should welcome the coming four-game stretch of their schedule:

at Jacksonville (1-10)

at Tennessee (2-9)

vs. Washington (3-8)

at St. Louis (4-7)

We have a pretty good handle on what the 2014 New York Giants are. When they play a good team, they're not good enough to beat them. When they play a bad team, they can win. That's not to say they are about to tear off on a four-game winning streak. They are not a good enough team for us to assume that about them. Three of these games are on the road, and the Rams in particular do not look like a very fun team to play right now. But the Giants are emerging from a stretch of their schedule that GM Jerry Reese described as "Murderer's Row." From a results standpoint, that stretch could not have gone any worse. There's a chance the Giants could have some relief coming.