Not reminding the Giants of the urgency of the situation. Not demanding greater attention to detail. Not even questioning their pride.All the attempts to beseech the Giants into shedding their losing ways have fallen on deaf ears and been met with blank stares. Losing persists. Perhaps there might be only one motivational tool left in the shed.
Good, old-fashioned loathing of the Cowboys -- this Sunday's opponent at Giants Stadium.
"Once I signed to the Giants, I felt like that was the team to beat in our division," linebacker Danny Clark said. "Speaking to some people in this organization, they made it very, very clear that Dallas is a team we need to beat.
"The city likes when we beat Dallas. I'm totally into it. I want to devote every ounce of time and effort and passion to hopefully bring that to fruition."
The antipathy is mutual. Already Cowboys linebacker Bradie James is chirping how, "We don't like them and they don't like us," as if he's breaking new ground.
From a fan's point of view, the proximity of Philadelphia and recent battles with the Eagles might place that franchise to the south atop the list of Most Despised.
But ask players: It's always the Cowboys. If members of Giants ownership came clean, they would unquestionably circle the two meetings against the Cowboys each season as the games they want most of all.
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