The trade table was a mismatch, and the Giants were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.