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Best-case scenario: They win the NFC East. They are currently the favorites after a spirited upset over the Seahawks Sunday. Credit to Giants defensive coordinator Patrick Graham. New York is getting career seasons from guys like Leonard Williams, James Bradberry, Blake Martinez and Jabrill Peppers. The Giants have won four in a row and have held opponents to 20 points or fewer in all of those games. Regardless of circumstances, a division title in year one under Joe Judge would be a huge success.

Joe Judge has done an outstanding job with this young group. The defense is getting better by the week as they ready to face Kyler Murray.

CB James Bradberry has been one of this year's best free-agent signings, currently tied for the league lead with 16 passes defensed.

Person with most at stake: S Jabrill Peppers

Peppers has been playing the best football of his career in recent weeks. If he continues to play at this level over the final four games, it should lead to a big payday. The Giants will have money to spend, and using it on an ascending 25-year-old makes a ton of sense. Peppers is currently in the final year of his rookie deal and has the fifth-year option looming. -- Jordan Raanan

Entering the season, the Giants' defense was supposed to be the team's Achilles' heel. With four weeks to play, the unit has revealed itself to be New York's greatest strength. The D had its finest moment on Sunday in Seattle, frustrating Russell Wilson and Co. in a 17-12 win that kept New York atop the NFC East. The players deserve much credit, as does head coach Joe Judge and the rest of his staff. But let's give Dave Gettleman his due here, as well. The embattled GM made deft free-agent pickups like Logan Ryan, James Bradberry and Blake Martinez, and he pulled the trigger on trades that netted Leonard Williams and Jabrill Peppers. Each of these veterans has been an impact contributor, and they all played their role in Sunday's huge upset. Arrow up in the Meadowlands.