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The New York Giants began their annual bye week Tuesday by reviewing the latest horror show they put on film, their 24-7 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

After that review and some meetings, the players were not only dismissed until next Monday, they were encouraged by head coach Ben McAdoo to rest, reset and get away from what has been a nightmare season.

"I think we need to get away from it for a little bit," McAdoo said Monday.

"We need to clear our minds, get our bodies back and get back with a fresh outlook, as tough as that may be. We need to come back, we have a lot of football left to play. We had a lot of fight in us yesterday and that needs to continue."

Critics of the team might dispute that last statement about having a lot of fight. The sad truth is the severely undermanned and beat-up Giants stood by helplessly Sunday as the Seahawks came roaring back from a 7-0 deficit by scoring 24 unanswered points.

While the plan for the players is to allow them to heal physically and spiritually, the coaching staff will be hard at work trying to figure out what has gone so wrong in a season once filled with so much hope and aspirations for another Super Bowl trophy.

"With the type of week it is, we're going to go back, take a look—at self-scout, you know, the things that have been working," McAdoo said.

"Is there a way to (improve) some of the things that haven't been working? Is it fixable for the last nine games, or is it something that we need to throw out and revisit it later on? And just take a look at the way we're using players. Take a look at their roles we can change to help us as a football team."

What are some of the things the Giants can do to get things turned around? Read on for a few ideas.