The Giants know another loss would damage their playoff chances and all but eliminate them from the NFC East race. And they are sure the Dallas Cowboys would love to be the ones to put them out of their misery.
But they are refusing to go quietly. In fact, they're not ready to give up on this season at all.
"They're looking to deliver the knockout punch," said Giants guard Chris Snee. "We'll see who delivers the knockout on Sunday."
Maybe it's a just an act of defiance, but the reeling Giants expressed confidence yesterday as they began preparing for their must-win, NFC East showdown with the Cowboys at the Meadowlands on Sunday. They have lost five of their last six games and are two games behind the Cowboys (8-3) with just five games remaining.
Yet their belief still seems to be as strong as ever. The Giants (6-5) seem to have no intention of conceding the NFC East.
"This division is wide open," said linebacker Michael Boley. "At this point in the year with this many games left it's up in the air. It's a crapshoot. I'm not going to say they're the team to beat. Anybody has a chance to win this division. It's all about how you finish."
Of course, at the moment, the Cowboys seem to be primed to finish strongly. They have won six of seven to seize control of the division, and they are coming off a 24-7 Thanksgiving Day win over Oakland. They seemed to fix their offensive problems after scoring just two touchdowns in the previous two games.
Meanwhile the Giants have gone in the opposite direction ever since they threatened to run away from the pack with a 5-0start that included a 33-31 win over the Cowboys in Dallas on Sept. 20. Despite that, defensive end Justin Tuck said earlier this week that, on a scale of one to 10, his confidence is an "11". And his teammates seem to feel the same way.
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