Antonio Pierce News

Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce is out indefinitely after an MRI exam surprisingly revealed a bulging disc in the defensive captain's neck.

Giants starting MLB Antonio Pierce is out indefinitely, according to the team. Pierce hadn't been included on an injury report this week and was practicing, but an MRI on Friday shockingly revealed a bulging disc in his neck.

THE GIANTS came back from their bye week saying all the right things yesterday, conducting business as usual almost as if their four-game losing streak were a distant memory.

Eli Manning is glum after the Giants lose to Chargers on Sunday, but teammates remain optimistic that Big Blue will make it to playoffs this season.

In the middle of October, the New York Giants were a football team that had won 21 of its previous 26 games.

Clint Sintim, shown in action against the Panthers in the preseason, missed the first four games of the regular season with a groin injury.

LOOK at the way the Bad News Giants have played for the past month. Now look at the schedule.

It will be back to the drawing board for defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan, left, and Giants linebackers Danny Clark and Antonio Pierce during their upcoming bye week.

Several defensive players -- most notably Antonio Pierce and Justin Tuck -- this past week mentioned communication problems as part of the reason for the breakdowns in recent weeks as the Giants allowed 48 points to the Saints and weren't any better in last week's 40-17 loss to the Eagles.

Notes: Played two years of junior-college ball before amassing 152 tackles at Arizona .

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - A four-game losing streak has not only hurt the Giants' chances of repeating in the NFC East, but also has put their playoff hopes in serious doubt.

Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers reacts after throwing game-winning touchdown Sunday against Giants.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:08 p.m. Chargers' next opponent: New York Giants 1:15 p.m. Sunday at Giants Stadium The last time many New Yorkers really paid close attention to the Giants, it was mid-October and Big Blue was 5-0 and on its way to the Super Bowl.

The Giants are entering a critical stretch of their season with a need to regain their identity.

There aren't many times that a New York football team could get thumped for three straight weeks and barely raise an eyebrow from the hordes of media in our fair city.

Having been to the playoffs the past four years, the New York Giants have rarely referred to a game as must-win unless it was in the postseason.

NY Giants DE Justin Tuck watches the final minutes against the Philadelphia Eagles from the sidelines on Sunday.

Overrated. Pretenders. Frauds. Choose whatever words you like, but at this point you can forget everything you knew, or thought you knew, about the 2009 Giants.

Philadelphia's Jason Babin was charged with a 15-yard penalty on this tackle against Giants quarterback Eli Manning at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce is steamed after Big Blue is creamed by the Eagles, 40-17, saying: "We're a complete embarrassment." PHILADELPHIA - The Giants have lost their way.