If the therapy is completed in six months, it will end about one week before the Giants begin training camp.

And he believes the Giants are just beginning their ascent.

For each of the next five weeks, the Giants would begin their first defensive series with a blitz.

All the numbers add up to a losing record in a season that the Giants began with high hopes.

The Giants began to feel very good about themselves.

Immediately, the Giants began to wonder if they could win games the same old way.

There were only a handful of jobs truly open when the Giants began practice here last month.

Once the Giants begin the season, they will have a far better read on their defense.

The last time the Giants began a season worse than 5-11 was the season that they had a 4-12 record.

It was also a day when these Giants pointedly began to put the disappointment of last year's 8-8 season behind them.