Then there were six.

And the Giants are among them.

This teaser, back on Labor Day, likely would have elicited groans from fans braced for another season riding in the non-contender lane. To ask then what exclusive club most would have expected the Giants to be in two games into the season likely would have generated a resounding response: Teams looking for their first wins?

General manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll may have ushered in a feeling of competence and started building a promising vision for the future, but both also noted this is a situation in which process is going to trump production. This is going to take time, they warned.