The New York Giants enter week five with a 3-1 record for the first time in 11 years. Big Blue supporters know that 2011 season all too well, fondly retracing that miraculous run to Super Bowl XLVI. It’s mostly been a torturous experience since, but this weekend’s second London game, after the Vikings edged the Saints last weekend, allows minds to drift back to that season’s divisional round: a classic against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers at a frosty Lambeau Field.
Eli Manning rallied New York, surging clear late on to land a 37-20 victory on a bitter Sunday evening in Wisconsin. But it was the other side of the ball which resonates more profoundly, particularly with their return to London and their special connection with one of the UK’s most influential figures in the NFL.
