Kenny Phillips News

Several theories have been offered for the demise of the 2009 Giants, including one we consider to be very valid: Players lean too often on past successes to get them out of their current malaise.

Change for 2010 practically is inevitable, so why should the Giants wait? The defense is playing flatter than Bill Sheridan's emotions.

KENRICK THOMAS IS AN 18 YEAR OLD WRITER, AND HE'S THE AUTHOR OF NONSENSE IN SPORTS WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER ON-ONLINE. THIS BOOK HAPPENS TO BE HIS FIRST, BUT HAS MORE COMING.

The only sure things in the NFL this season are Indianapolis and New Orleans in the playoffs, Maurice Jones-Drew in the end zone and Jay Cutler in a funk.

The Giants suck and their vaunted pass rush has been bad. They need to get help at safety, linebacker and replace some of the linemen.

Cornerback Aaron Ross hopes to make his season debut Sunday when the Giants host Atlanta in their 10th game of the season.

It's a short week with a lot to prove for a Giants team that's trying to make this Thanksgiving dinner a celebration rather than a last supper for their playoff hopes.

Their full defense. True, Kenny Phillips and Jay Alford are still on injured reserve and out for the season.

I'm not going to sugarcoat anything and try to find what positives were taken away from Sunday's loss.

New York Giants cornerback Aaron Ross practiced Wednesday for the first time since pulling his left hamstring in training camp in August.

As we reach what is more or less the halfway point of the season, all the teams within driving distance of Hartford are in playoff contention.

By JASON BROWN  Best of the rest Chargers at Giants, 3:15 p.m., KTVT/11The line: New York by 5These two teams have one victory against a winning opponent between them, and the Giants have gone into a complete tailspin.

At least two starting positions are likely to change on the Giants' defense when they try to end a three-game losing streak Sunday against the San Diego Chargers at Giants Stadium.

So what has gone wrong for the Giants during their three-game slide? How about everything, says Sirius host and Giants' play-by-play man Bob Papa.

Giants safety C.C. Brown has started since Kenny Phillips went on IR, but he was not working with the first team during Friday's practice.

DT Chris Canty , out since the first week of the season, is hopeful of returning Sunday against the Chargers.

Giants defensive end Justin Tuck was blunt Monday when he expanded on comments made Sunday by middle linebacker Antonio Pierce about how the defense had a communication problem during a 40-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles .

The Giants said no one should panic when their defense got strafed by Drew Brees and the Saints two weeks ago.

There's no way you can spin Sunday's loss to the Saints as being about the failures of Eli Manning .

Chris Canty wants to wear his No. 99 jersey on the field, but doctors still won't let him go.