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The Giants aren’t leaving this one to chance.

This Sunday, for their very first game of 2023, the New York Giants are slated to play against the Indianapolis Colts, and they’ve got their eyes on the prize. Not just for the sake of winning on its own, but because a victory would guarantee them a spot in the playoffs, while a loss would force them into an extra game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The latter is something they’d rather not deal with if they don’t have to.

“Yeah, you don’t want to leave it to chance,” running back Saquon Barkley told ESPN. “The way you do that is by doing what you’ve got to do this week. That is really it.”

The current generation of Giants players haven’t gotten to play in a postseason at all so far, so they really want to win this game and secure their spot. “It would mean a lot,” Barkley said. “It’s the stuff you dream about as a kid, playing playoff football in the National Football League. It’s something you dream about when you get drafted to the New York Giants.

“Obviously, the first four years it didn’t happen. Now there is a chance, it’s a possibility. It’s a beautiful thing when looking at all the ups and downs, whether it’s in my personal career or as an organization what we’ve been through the last couple years.

“It will be special. We have a chance to do it.”