'Confident' Giants develop winning habits under Brian Daboll

The Giants are 5-1 after New York's latest comeback victory -- Sunday's 24-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens -- to the surprise of no one in the MetLife Stadium locker room.

"It's something we've preached since Day 1, since we've been here -- coaches, people in the building," said head coach Brian Daboll. "This league is hard. It's not always going to be perfect. There will be a lot of people down on you. And you might be down on yourself, wish you could do better. But you keep on getting back up. You keep on swinging, keep on competing, regardless of the score or the situation of the game.

"And that's not easy to do, right? That's not easy to do when you're down. If you sit on the bench and start bitching and complaining, that's easy to do. It's hard to stick with it and get ready to play the next series and not worry about if you just got beat on a pass or if you got sacked. You've got to flush it pretty quick. Dr. Lani (Lawrence) does a great job -- our team psychologist -- of talking to the team.

"And I think our guys, each week we get a little bit better. We know we're a long way away, (it's the) early part of the season, but we just try to compete and do the best job we can."

At 5-1, the Giants have already surpassed the 2021 campaign's 4-13 mark and are on the fast track to the franchise's best season since 2016's 11-5 result.

"We're not shocked," said Daniel Jones, whose welcome to the NFL came with the Giants' 4-12 and 6-10 years from 2019-20. "No, we're not shocked that we find ways to win. I think we're confident in what we can do and we're confident in our toughness, our ability to compete and find ways to win down the stretch.

"So, no, we're not shocked. I think we understand there's a lot still out there for us, (and) there's a lot we've got to work to improve on, but no, we're not shocked."

The Giants have done so by grinding out five one-score wins, with the only loss coming Sept. 26 against the Dallas Cowboys -- a 23-16 final on Monday Night Football.

Perhaps equally important -- the Giants have been quick to move onto the next.

"Outsiders are talking about it, but none of us are talking about it," Leonard Williams said as the Giants shift to next Sunday's 1 p.m. game at the Jacksonville Jaguars. "Like I've been saying, we just need to move on to next week and we can't bask in defeat, and we can't bask in victory. We've just got to keep moving forward."