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Brandon Jacobs gained 31 yards on the Giants ' first drive on Sunday and averaged 6.1 yards per carry for the game.

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.

With the Giants reeling after a three-game losing streak,Tom Coughlintold his players Wednesday that their game against theSan Diego Chargerson Sunday "is a one-game season for us." And judging by their response, that's a reality they already faced.

No one needs to hype the importance of Sunday's game against the Chargers to the Giants because Tom Coughlin already has.

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

The core of this Giants team has risen to the challenge so often the past few seasons that even when darkness is shrouding the light there's the belief that some soothing rays of sunshine will soon peek through.

Walking through the locker room after the Giants went over corrections from another embarrassing loss, it was hard to tell that they were coming off a third straight setback and were no longer in first place in the NFC East.

Danny Clark of the Giants says he gets a lot of long looks from curious motorists when he drives his Smart car between Manhattan and the team's practice complex in New Jersey.

Tight end Kevin Boss catches a pass during pregame warm-ups just prior to the start of a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

What gnaws at the Giants, as much as Donovan McNabb picking up the phone on their sidelines at the end of their playoff loss last January at Giants Stadium, is this sickening reality: McNabb dropped back to pass 106 times in three games last year against them, and wasn't sacked a single time.

TheGiantsdesperately need a win on Sunday to stop their little slump from turning into a full-blown crisis.

Donovan McNabb is a telephone communicator. For his next call, he could ring up Eli Manning to suggest how he might work out of his slump.

The Eagles' Brian Westbrook, who has been a Giant killer in the past, was helped off the field Monday night after suffering a concussion against the Redskins.

Eli Manning and the Giants couldn't beat the Cardinals, but want to beat the birds they'll be playing this week: the pesky Eagles.

OCTOBER 25, 2009 SHAUN O'HARA: In the NFL you have to make plays where there are plays to be made.

The target, this time, was stationary. Arizona's Kurt Warner, one-time Giants quarterback, was the object they chased Sunday night at the Meadowlands, a week after they chased their tails in New Orleans.

It is not a good sign for a football team when its kickoff returner has so many chances to look good, the way Domenik Hixon did Sunday for the Giants .

The Saints were wise to get former Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey involved early.

The Giants cut the Saints' lead to 41-20 with 12:09 left in the fourth quarter on a 38-yard kick by Tynes.

Cardsa Kurt Warner can expect Giantsa defense fired up to be fired up over failure to contain Saints.