New York Daily News

2. DON’T LET RUSSELL WILSON RUN

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The Giants’ season may feel like it’s over already to everyone outside of their locker room, but there is a major mental difference between a win and a loss for these hopeful players Sunday. A win over the visiting Seattle Seahawks would send the Giants into their Week 8 bye at 2-5 on a two-game winning streak, with confidence that consecutiv­e wins over two of the NFL’s top defenses could be the start of something historic.

A loss, on the other hand, would kick off another two weeks of Suck for Sam speculatio­n surroundin­g a 1-6 team that began the season with Super Bowl aspiration­s but incredibly will have a better chance of drafting a QB such as USC’s Sam Darnold with a top-five pick in April.

So here are the Giants’ five keys to coming out of Sunday with a win and keeping their next-to-none playoff hopes on life support: showed when Ben McAdoo finally surrendere­d play-calling duties and Sullivan’s offense helped dictate the tempo of a 23-10 win at Mile High in Denver.

To keep this in perspectiv­e, Sullivan’s offense didn’t exactly light it up. They scored 16 points, including just one touchdown, so he still has more to prove. But keep in mind how so many injuries to the offense are affecting how the Giants can safely and effectivel­y move the ball.

Sullivan has led a dynamic offense before. In his first of two seasons as Tampa Bay’s offensive coordinato­r in 2012, he teamed with QB Josh Freeman and RB Doug Martin to set franchise records with 5,820 yards and 389 points. So who knows, his fresh perspectiv­e could continue to steer the Giants offense to- ward its strengths and another win.

Seattle QB Russell Wilson will do more damage through the air than Denver’s Trevor Siemian did last week, but a Giants secondary with renewed swagger and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie back from suspension should be able to contain the Seahawks’ aerial attack on normal drop-

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