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New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs gets by Atlanta Falcons safety Erik Coleman on his way to a third-quarter touchdown.

Here's the good news: We didn't kill our playoff hopes last night. A win against Dallas at home next week would put us a half-game behind Dallas because of tie-breakers. If we follow that with a win against Philly at home, we're in as good shape as those teams heading into the final three games.

We know it was a short week and the Giants had to fly halfway across the country to face Denver on Thanksgiving night, but come on! Can we get a little more life from a team that was expected to make a run for the Super Bowl at the start of the season? With so much on the line, and looking to build on their victory over Atlanta last Sunday - one ...

New York: Coming off narrow victories with only three days of rest, the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants will take their fight for a division title into US Thanksgiving holiday games today.

They should feel sick about it, every one of them. It sounds as if they do. "It almost feels like we lost because the defense didn't help us to win in the end," linebacker Chase Blackburn said.

Two members of the close-knit Giants offensive line were not seeing eye-to-eye as they considered embarking on something they'd never encountered in their NFL careers.

The New York Giants usually wouldn't start thinking about their next opponent until Wednesday.

THE GAME: Atlanta Falcons at Giants , Fox, 1 p.m. WHAT IT MEANS: Everything. OK, it's not a "must win." The loser will live to fight another day.

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

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

Terrell Thomas gets a stiff-arm from Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson during a game two weeks ago.

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

LaDainian Tomlinson has had fewer carries, and little room to run this season. Above, he tries to get by Giants Terrell Thomas after a catch in the 3rd quarter on Sunday, Nov.

The Giants took the first shot at saving their season and failed miserably against the Chargers.

The evidence is mounting, not only in the most recent debacle and the current four-game losing streak, but over a longer and more damning sample, that these Giants are simply not that good.

The unofficial end of the Giants 2009 season might have come yesterday on a holding call on usually-reliable Chris Snee followed by a massive breakdown by a defense that earlier flirted with looking as if it had gotten its act together.

After four straight lossesa 'each more painful than the lasta 'Giants fans have a right to be pessimistic.

Giants head coach Tom Coughlin looks at the Giants in the fourth quarter of the loss to the Chargers.

I'm guessing these things were a lot funnier when the Giants were winning. Or at least when it was the offseason.

Giants head coach Tom Coughlin watches practice from a distance Wednesday. Tom Coughlin spoke briskly, in stern tones, with great emphasis on the words that counted most.