How Shane Bowen and the Giants' defense got on the same page

It was just one month ago that defensive coordinator Shane Bowen had to publicly apologize for not being aggressive enough in the closing seconds of regulation in Dallas, allowing the Cowboys to get into field goal range to send that practically-won game into overtime and then win it as time expired in the extra period.

Since then, the Giants have won two games and his defense played well enough in a third to have won it were it not for the five straight offensive turnovers. In the four games since the Dallas defeat, the Giants’ defense has allowed an average of 19 points per game (the Saints had one touchdown on a fumble return). They have registered four takeaways in the last three games after just one in the first three, have seven sacks in the last four games and allowed just five t