The last of these postseason games came back in 2011 in the NFC Championship game, when the Giants defeated the 49ers on the road, 20-17, to cap off their improbable run to Super Bowl XLVI, where they went on to beat the New England Patriots on that stage for the second time in four years.

The New York Giants play host to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in a battle of teams missing multiple star players on both sides of the ball.

Christian McCaffrey had his longest run of the season, and Jordan Watkins had a much-needed contested catch.

We have reached the point where it is legitimate to begin to wonder if the final eight games of the season are little more than a Brian Daboll death march. It is clear that John Mara, especially a diminished Mara who is fighting a battle with cancer,