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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- In his rookie season as coach, Ben McAdoo has taken the New York Giants into somewhat neglected territory.The Giants (8-3) are in the playoff hunt for the first time since 2012, a year they faltered down the stretch, winning two of their last five games to finish 9-7.Despite riding a six-game winning streak and the second best record in the NFC, New York is going to have to work to make the playoffs for the first time since winning the Super Bowl in February 2012.It has the AFC North co-leading Steelers (6-5) in Pittsburgh on Sunday. NFC East leader Dallas (10-1), whose only loss is to the Giants, is at MetLife Stadium on Dec. 11, followed by NFC North-leading Detroit (7-4) on the 18th.Four days later, the Giants face the rival Eagles on the road, and close out the schedule at Washington on Jan. 1. The Redskins (6-4-1) have the second-best record in the wild-card race, right behind the Giants.For a team that has not put it all together this season, especially on offense, the playoffs are not guaranteed.As a team, where do we go from here? McAdoo asked. Its December football. This is where the real football begins. All our hard work to this point has set the table for December. Its an exciting time against a lot of playoff teams and playoff environments. The margin for error is small. This is where our identity needs to take over.The Giants identity has been that of a team that gets things done. For the most part, it has been star players stepping up and making plays.In the 27-13 decision over the Browns (0-12) on Sunday, defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul led the way with seven tackles, three sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble return for a touchdown. Eli Manning added three touchdown passes, including two to Odell Beckham Jr.The constant in the winning streak has been the play of the defense, which has been led by safety Landon Collins.McAdoo insists the Giants wont be focused on making the playoffs.I think its important to address the elephant in the room, so to speak, McAdoo said. Everything gets cranked up a notch in December with everyone jockeying for position. We just need to make sure we play our best football moving forward.If any group has to step up, its the offense. It has been inconsistent most of the season, especially the running game.While the Giants scored 27 points against the Browns, the defense set up the first touchdown with a turnover at the Cleveland 31 in the second quarter. Pierre-Pauls return got another touchdown.Special teams also need to improve. Cleveland got three points after Bobby Rainey muffed a punt, and a Mark Herzlich holding penalty nullified a punt return for a touchdown by Beckham in the fourth quarter.I think its great that we have players that can change the game in one play, McAdoo said. We need to be mentally dialed-in to play a complete game at all three phases for four-plus quarters. We really need to cash in on that in December.Game notesMcAdoo refused to say whether Beckham would continue to return punts down the stretch. ... Herzlich and safety Nat Berhe were hurt in the game and are starting the week in the concussion protocol. Its the second time this season for Berhe. ... Rookie receiver Sterling Shepard not only failed to catch a pass for the first time this season, he also was not targeted. McAdoo called it unfortunate. Were not completing enough balls or moving the chains as much as we need to move the chains for everyone to get involved. ... 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He was born big -- just shy of 11 pounds and 22 inches long -- but suddenly he was growing in leaps and bounds into the 6-foot-5, 290-pound behemoth hed become.Hed always had an intensity about him, but Katherine started to sense an aggression in him when he played sports. Seeing him defend the net as a fullback in soccer, guard the rim as a center in basketball or shield the quarterback at offensive tackle in football, she began to put two and two together.Put him on [the] athletic field and it comes out: the protection, she said.Alabama fans have seen it during every one of the Crimson Tides 13 games this season: Williams protecting fellow freshman Jalen Hurts. Hurts has gotten all the acclaim as a true freshman QB starting on the No. 1-ranked team in college football, but Williams has been arguably the more consistent player. It feels as if every week the right tackle has been part of the staffs players of the week. Hes already a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team and is a mortal lock to become a consensus freshman All-American.But neither Williams, his mother nor his former high school coach are shocked that he has been able to have this much success so soon. When asked whether they were even a little bit surprised, their response inevitably began with, No, but ...If Jonah sets a goal, Katherine said, its hard to deter him from that.Said Williams: Ive always wanted to compete and just work to earn everything.That competitiveness, Katherine said, is innate. But it was also nurtured by a mother who played tennis and a father who swam and played offensive line in high school. She went to school at Auburn and he at Georgia, so college football has always been a part of the familys life.A job opportunity led the family to move from Atlanta to California after Williams freshman year of high school, and he settled in at Folsom High after a semester at another local high school.When Folsom football coach Kris Richardson first laid eyes on Williams, he was stunned.You could see right away he had the physical tools: quick feet, an explosive lower body, a freak in the weight room, Richardson said. But he was really raw and didnt have a lot of technique. ... His idea of football was to grab and kick and throw people to the ground. Im like, Jonah, for one, these are your own teammates. Lets not throw our own guys to the ground all the time. And two, when you throw kids thats not really blocking.Even if he didnt want to become a technician, Richardson said Williams would have been fine living off his natural ability. In fact, before his first game on varsity, Cal was so impressed that it offered him a scholarship on the spot.But Williams did want to learn the finer points of playing the position. By Saturday morning, hed already be done watching the game tape from the night before and Richardson would wake to a dozen or so text messages from his star left tackle.On play 22, I took my step wrong, Williams would write, according to Richardson. On play 25, my hands werent inside.Richardson would reply, and Williams would inevitably be in the weight room working out. Richardson held him back as best he could, but he still benched more than 500 pounds and squatted more than 600.Very serious. Very mature, Richardson said of Williams. His work ethic is off the charts. Thats just who he is as a person.During Williams junioor season, he would protect the blindside of future Washington quarterback Jake Browning.dddddddddddd Folsom won the state title that year and Williams wound up with scholarship offers from every school that saw him play, Richardson said.If you want to entertain yourself, pull up his high school highlight tape, Richardson said. He was killing kids. It was not fair.He even played defensive line on occasion and dominated there, too.Hes going to go down as one of Sacramentos all-time greatest, said Richardson, who has been head coach at Folsom for 12 years and was an assistant there for nearly a decade before that.But the best thing about Williams, Richardson said, was how he handled the recruiting process. He had one tweet about it, and it was the one where he announced his commitment to Alabama. And before he sent that out, he called every head coach who offered him a scholarship to personally relay his decision.Williams graduated early and enrolled at Alabama in January.I came in and found a place that suits me and my personality, my work ethic, Williams said.In a bit of foreshadowing, he said that, I wouldnt recommend someone come here if theyre not willing to work hard.If there was one thing players noticed about Williams right away, it was his attitude in the weight room. He didnt chafe at the shrill whistle of strength coach Scott Cochran at 6:30 a.m. Instead, he seemed to love it.He lives in there, said veteran guard Ross Pierschbacher, and it shows.Williams and Pierschabacher would become workout buddies as well as friends off the field.Pierschabacher said that hell try to watch other college football games as a fan and inevitably Williams will spoil it, yapping in his ear about, Oh, they ran this blitz and that stunt and they should have done this.Its like watching film next to [offensive line coach Brent Key], Pierschabacher said. I just want to relax a little bit.He added: I just think thats how hes built and thats whats making him so successful; hes just got that great football mind.Senior defensive tackle Jonathan Allen marvels at Williams technique and said that he plays beyond his age.Junior defensive end DaShawn Hand said there are times when he forgets that hes a freshman, too.That dude is going to be a monster, Hand said. Just wait. Youll see.According to Pro Football Focus, Williams graded higher than Alabamas junior left tackle?Cam Robinson, a player many expect to be taken in the first round of next years draftThe future finance major isnt done yet. On Dec. 31, Williams will introduce himself to an even larger audience when No. 1-ranked Alabama plays in the College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta (3 p.m. ET, ESPN).The opponent: No. 4 Washington and Williams former teammate, Browning.Theyre good friends, Katherine said. Hes excited about it. Hes proud of Jake and his accomplishments, but at the same time this is going to be fun. This is the Pac-12 versus the SEC.Katherine said she was thankful that since Williams and Browning both play offense, there wont be any physical altercation between the friends. Not that Williams wouldnt be ready.When Katherine spoke for this story, Alabama had just ended its fall semester and players were able to go home before practice started back up. And where was Williams on his day off? At the local recreation center lifting weights.When he got home, Katherine said that her son, an avid reader, would start his next book: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.Its heady stuff for a freshman in college, but Williams isnt your typical freshman.Hes like a 28-year-old man and not an 18-year-old kid, Richardson said. ' ' '