EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—The New York Giants started the season as the team to beat in the NFL, and that hasn’t changed with a week left in the regular season.

Shaking off two straight losses that made them a question mark heading into the postseason, the Super Bowl champions took a major step on the road to repeating by earning the NFC’s top seed for the postseason with a thrilling 34-28 come-from-behind overtime victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday night.

“The only message we sent tonight is that this team is getting that swagger back that we had last year at the...

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