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Tony Gonzalez of the Atlanta Falcons hauls in the game-tying touchdown pass against the Giants' Michael Boley.

Tiki Barber tiptoeing along the sideline on a 57-yard-run during a 36-0 win over the Redskins.

Their top two running backs combined for 30 carries, 174 yards, and two touchdowns.

The gang is finally all here. The three-headed running back monster the Giants envisioned was one head short for the first half of the season, but with the return of Danny Ware it's a fully-loaded backfield as the Giants on Sunday take aim at the Falcons and their shaky run defense.

Here's a warning for fantasy football players who are deeply immersed in the pregame ritual of poring over every available NFL stat: Don't believe them.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley Giants running back Brandon Jacobs joined ESPN 1050 in New York on Monday to discuss how his team ended up at 5-4 heading into the bye.

From 1996 through 2002, the Jaguars had to find a way to stop Titans running back Eddie George twice per season.

Coach Tom Coughlin said the focus is on making corrections "so we don't have to see that again." The day after the Giants' 21-20 loss to the Chargers, coach Tom Coughlin was surprisingly upbeat in his conference call with reporters.

It was a wild, nationalistic scene Friday afternoon as an overflow crowd of 6,500 fans jammed the MGM Grand 's Garden Arena for the weigh-in of Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto , who will fight here Saturday night for Cotto's WBO welterweight title.

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Tom Coughlin shield his coaches and players by taking the blame for late-game decision against the Chargers.

Perhaps I overlooked one other emerging running-back-by-committee last week, because clearly Ahmad Bradshaw has worked his way into a significant portion of the Giantsa TM running game.

Players talked Monday about the positives that came out of Sunday's game with San Diego, how the offense got back into a rhythm, how the defense eliminated some of its miscommunication problems and how the team got back to playing Giants football.

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Philip Rivers' touchdown pass to Vincent Jackson with 21 seconds left in the game was the difference, as the San Diego Chargers edged the New York Giants, 21-20. Rivers finished 24-of-36 for 209 yards with three TDs and two interceptions for the Chargers , who won their third in a row.

After three straight loses linebacker Antonio Pierce calls Sunday's game vs. Chargers at Meadowlands 'the Super Bowl for the New York Giants.' Tom Coughlin didn't need to say anything to his battered team this week.

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.

SAN DIEGO At N.Y. GIANTS OPENING LINE - Giants by 3 RECORD VS. SPREAD - San Diego 2-5; New York 4-4 SERIES RECORD - Giants lead 5-4 LAST MEETING - Chargers beat Giants 45-23, Sept.

For the past two games, Kevin Boss has been running up the middle of the field, standing in between the hash marks and breaking out toward the flat.

Donovan McNabb threw three first-half touchdown passes to lead the Philadelphia Eaglesa past the New York Giants, while the New York Jets lost 30-25 at home to the Miami Dolphins.