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Zac's note: This piece was first published on my Examiner page The New York Giants ended a four game losing streak by defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-31 in overtime.

NY Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce cheers on his teammates from the sideline Sunday.

New York Giants cornerback Aaron Ross is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against Atlanta and could make his season debut.

NY Giants wideout Ramses Barden makes a catch during training camp before the season.

Power Rankings: Preseason: 3. This week: 15. 2009 Schedule/Results Where they stand: After losing four consecutive games, the Giants have fallen two games behind the Cowboys in the division.

No more standing around on the side for Giants cornerback Aaron Ross, who practiced in a limited capacity on Wednesday.

Oh boy, therea TMs trouble in Giant-land. Big Blue laid another big egg at the Meadowlands today, falling to the Chargers 21-20a their 4th straight loss since opening the season 5-0. Lots of second-guessing to go around for all you Monday morning quarterbacks.

Want to know when things go bad for a football team? When a team blows a game that it looked like it was going to win.

What do you do when you lose a self-proclaimed must-win game? The Giants did just that yesterday, wrenching defeat from the jaws of victory.

The answer to the question, can the Giants get into the end zone, is No. Their drive stalled in the red zone after a play in which Steve Smith was originally credited with a reception was overturned after a replay review.

With the final scrap of debris removed from the Canyon of Heroes, football suddenly mattered again in these parts.

In his final moment on the field Sunday at Giants Stadium, San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers fired a dart through the heart of the Giants ' defense and maybe their hopes for the season.

Tacked on the right side of Antonio Pierce's locker is a rumpled $5 bill, representing the five victories the Giants rang up to start their season.

As he left his team in the visitors' locker room at Lincoln Financial Field, Tom Coughlin kept calm as he waded through the wreckage of yesterday's 40-17 loss to the Eagles that suddenly left the once 5-0 Giants mired in a three-game losing streak at mid-season. In what was described as a firm but not loud address, Coughlin laid out the facts in ...

It was the kind of laundry list that Tom Coughlin usually rattles off while standing in the sunlight in Albany: Poor tackling.

There have been plenty of blank stares and confused looks from the Giants' defensive players after recently touchdown, such as Eagles running back LeSean McCoy's 66-yarder on Sunday.

"It is a matter of the timing of getting it communicated and being lined up confidently and being ready to go," Coughlin said on Monday.

Sun Nov 1, 2009 11:46pm EST - Philadelphia Eagles fullback Leonard Weaver avoids a tackle from the New York Giants Michael Johnson during the third quarter of NFL football game action in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 1, 2009.

Leonard Weaver gets the Eagles off and running with a 41-yard touchdown run less than two minutes into the game.

WHAT IT MEANS: It's a very important swing game for the Giants. In other words, which way are they going to swing - down or up? It will be very easy to dismiss their loss to New Orleans as an aberration if they're able to bounce back in a big way today.