EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants' locker room was predictably and utterly silent late yesterday afternoon in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The players and coaches had just lost to the Atlanta Falcons, 34-7, setting a franchise record with their 10^th consecutive defeat and tying another with their 13^th loss of the season.

Under the weight of those and other crushing numbers, some might assume the Giants could approach the season's final two games with less than full enthusiasm. On Sunday, they host an Indianapolis Colts team that remains alive in the AFC postseason race, and in Week 18 they visit a Philadelphia Eagles team that has clinched an NFC postseason berth.

But the Giants insist their preparation, commitment and approach will remain the same despite their 2-13 record.

"You focus on the next game," coach Brian Daboll said today. "So, you have a game here in a week. You put everything you got into it, just like you do each and every week. And you focus on the task at hand."

After the game yesterday, several players were asked how they have handled a disappointing season they never saw coming.

"At this point in the year, where you're at, you're obviously not going to the playoffs, but all of us have pride in here," quarterback Drew Lock said. "All of us have a job to do. This is our job. You know, it doesn't matter what the record is. Gotta come in and work, try to keep getting better and come out here and perform. It's our job. Keep doing it, no matter what."

"This is the kind of thing I didn't think I would have to go through," tackle Jermaine Eluemunor said. "It's just kind of find your why and find why you play this game and what motivates you deep down inside. For me, it's my daughter and my wife and trying to secure their future. So, I'm going out there every single week and just leaving it all on the line. It just sucks. There's really no other way to say it."

For most of these young players, football has given them great fulfillment for most of their lives. Some still search for it, even in these trying circumstances.

"At this point, I just play," wide receiver Darius Slayton said. "I can't really control what happens with (the future), so I just go out here and play to my best and try my best and galvanize and lead my teammates to play their best and hardest as well. I think (it's) just cherishing every opportunity you have. Football one day will come to an end.

"So, regardless of your predicament, we have two more opportunities to go out here and play the game we love, so you gotta take advantage of them."

Like many of his teammates, cornerback Adoree' Jackson played for winning teams in high school (Sera, Calif.) and college (USC). He has also reached the playoffs four times with the Tennessee Titans and the Giants.

For Jackson, losing is a mostly new and completely unpleasant circumstance.

"Very disappointing," he said. "Obviously, a lot of people in here probably don't come from losing organizations or losing ball; (they've) always been winners. It's just a different take, a different feeling. When you're in a situation like this, the best thing you can do is just play for your brothers, but you gotta play for your wives and play for yourself in the sense to keep yourself going.

"Because you can't control – it's not like high school or in some sense college, where I played both sides of the ball where you actually take control over a game and make plays. You just got be able to do you but in the sense you just gotta be able to do your one-eleven (one of 11 players on the field), do your job. And just keep going, keep going and bringing those along with you and keep encouraging. I think that's what you have to do being a vet playing in a season like this. Try to remind those guys what winning football is like, what it can be, and just keep going."

And that's what the Giants will do for two more weeks.

*Daboll said Lock would undergo an MRI today on his throwing shoulder. Because of the uncertainty, Daboll did not directly answer when asked if he has decided who will play quarterback against Indianapolis.

"(We are) waiting on where that's at," Daboll said. "I'll have more information relative to what that's about and if it's anything or if it's not anything. Usually, guys are sore the next day. So, we'll see where he's at after today."

*Linebacker Micah McFadden is being examined for a burner. Running back Tyrone Tracy and center John Michael Schmitz both aggravated ankle injuries.

The Giants will practice tomorrow and take Christmas Day off.