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WASHINGTON (4-9) At NEW YORK GIANTS (7-6)

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OPENING LINE—Giants by 7 1/2

RECORD VS. SPREAD—Washington 6-7; New York 6-7

SERIES RECORD—Giants 92-63-4

LAST MEETING—Redskins beat Giants 28-14, Sept. 11

LAST WEEKS—Redskins lost to Patriots 34-27; Giants beat Cowboys 37-34

REDSKINS OFFENSE—OVERALL (17), RUSH (31), PASS (12)

REDSKINS DEFENSE—OVERALL (10), RUSH (17), PASS (13)

GIANTS OFFENSE—OVERALL (7), RUSH (32), PASS (4)

GIANTS DEFENSE—OVERALL (30), RUSH (22), PASS (29)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES—Rex Grossman has completed 90 of 154 for 1,183
yards, eight touchdowns, two interceptions and a 94.7 quarterback rating in four
games against Giants. …Roy Helu has rushed for at least 100 yards in last
three games. He also leads NFL rookie running backs with 44 receptions.
..Receiver Anthony Armstrong has caught a TD and averaging 20.5 yards in last
three games against Giants. … LB Ryan Kerrigan scored on 9-yard interception
return in season opener vs. New York. …Eli Manning has thrown 14
fourth-quarter TDs this season, tying NFL record. He also has thrown for 400
yards three times this season, tying another league mark. …Brandon Jacobs
rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns starting for benched Ahmad Bradshaw last
week. …Victor Cruz (1,150) and Hakeem Nicks (1,023) are first pair of Giants’
receivers with 1,000 yards in same season. …DE Jason Pierre-Paul had two
sacks, forced fumble, safety and block on game-tying field goal attempt against
Dallas, a performance that earned him NFC defensive player of the week. …
Giants have given up 121 points and 1,498 yards in last three games (New
Orleans, Green Bay and Dallas).

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New York Giants running backs Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs both missed their second straight practice. Bradshaw has missed the previous four weeks due to a fractured bone in his foot, but he did return to play last week against the Green Bay Packers. Bradshaw is expected to play against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night. Jacobs was held out due to a hamstring injury and is also expected to suit up against the Cowboys, both players were held out for precautionary reasons.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – They have not won a game in a month, but the New York Giants hope their latest loss can fuel a last, desperate push to reach the playoffs.

Coming off a humiliating 49-24 walloping by the New Orleans Saints, the Giants battled the unbeaten Green Bay Packers (12-0) to the last gasp Sunday, falling 38-35 on a field goal kicked with no time left on the clock.

That dropped the Giants to 6-6 for the season with four games left, but the close fight showed the New Yorkers they could at least match it with the best of the NFL.

The Giants must reverse their fortunes starting Sunday night in Dallas against the Cowboys (7-5), who lead them in the NFC East by one game, or forget about the postseason.

No problem, according to one Giants defensive back Antrel Rolle.

“Without a doubt, we will be in that postseason,” he told WFAN radio.

Giants coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning would not go so far as to guarantee a playoff berth, but both hoped the intensity the club showed would carry over.

“We have four games to go and three of them in our division,” Coughlin said.

“We have to regroup and I think this brings us together even tighter than we have ever been before as a team.

“It can be a positive if you play the way that we played, and if you give the effort that we gave and if you play with the intensity that we played with. Those are the kind of emotional things that bind you together.”

This week’s game is the first of two against the Cowboys. They also meet in the last game of the season on New Year’s Day. In between, the Giants play Washington and the New York Jets. A sweep of the final four games would guarantee the NFC East title for the Giants.

Manning said there was a lot the players could take away from their hard-fought loss.

“They’re playing the best football and we had them tied up with 58 seconds (left),” said Manning, who threw three touchdown passes. “I think we have to try to take something from this game, take some momentum into these next games.”

SPRINGBOARD LOSS

The Giants have used a defeat against an unbeaten team as a springboard before.

In the final game of the 2007 season, New York had already clinched a wildcard berth with no chance to improve their playoff status against the 15-0 New England Patriots.

Yet rather than rest some banged-up regulars, the Giants dedicated themselves to trying to stop the Pats from going undefeated, and fought fiercely before falling by the same 38-35 score they lost to the Packers.

Giving the Patriots such a fight seemed to boost the New Yorkers’ confidence.

New York went on to playoff road wins over Tampa Bay, Dallas and Green Bay to reach the Super Bowl against the Patriots. The Giants beat them 17-14 to deprive New England of a perfect season and claim the NFL title for themselves.

“That game we lost, but I think everybody felt good about the way we played and had a little momentum going into the playoffs,” Manning said in recalling the 2007 title season.

“Obviously it’s going to be a similar feel with these next four games. They’re all going to be playoff-style games where we need to win.”

Coughlin hoped for the same bounce-back effect.

“We have four games to go and every one of these games is critical to our future,” he said. “We will battle. We will battle. We have to find a way to win.”

Manning said the urgency did not add pressure.

“That’s playoff atmosphere. You want to play in must-win games,” explained Manning. “We know if we win, then we’re in the playoffs. That’s exciting. It starts this week.”

(Editing by Julian Linden)

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NEW YORK — Giants defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy was suspended for four games Tuesday for violating the NFL’s policy on performance enhancing substances.

Kennedy signed with the Giants in August and has four tackles in five games this season. He is eligible to return to the active roster the day after the Giants face the San Francisco 49ers on Nov. 13.

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TWEET-ENHANCED: If the action on the field isn’t enough for fans, the New York Giants will now display selected fan tweets on the main video screens around MetLife Stadium’s. Next time Brandon Jacobs tears off a run like this, he can do it to a fan’s Tweeted commentary. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

NEW YORK—This could be interesting. The Giants announced plans, starting with this Saturday’s pre-season matchup against their cross-town rival Jets, to display fans’ real-time tweets on freshly named MetLife Stadium’s video boards and other stadium distribution channels, as well as for those watching the live televised broadcast.

Does this mean gripes about penalties, play calls, and player miscues will be on display for everyone to see? Probably not, according to Communications Manager DeAndre Phillips, who said: “Essentially, there are filters set in place. If the tweet passes those filters, then they are put into a queue. A Giants employee reads through those tweets and approves which tweets will air. Think of it in terms of a live game broadcast with a slight time delay.”

This should be a game-changer. 

The first-of-its-kind plan in the NFL is part of a larger social initiative, as the team has partnered with Mass Relevance to enhance the game atmosphere for Giants’ fans everywhere. In addition to airing the in-game tweets, fans will also be able to have a little halftime question-and-answer Twitter session with radio announcers Bob Papa and Carl Banks.

Finally, the Giants will tally tweets pertaining to the three preselected game MVP candidates (Twitter hash tags for each one are to be determined) for a specific time period during the game, and the player with the most tweets will have his online merchandise at the Giants store discounted for the following week.

How this will change the game-day experience remains to be seen, but either way, the New Meadowlands Stadium has changed.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Disgruntled New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora hit the practice field Monday for the first time this abbreviated preseason, still unhappy over his contract but ready to join his team mates on the gridiron.

Umenyiora, a two-time Pro Bowl player, has been in training camp since last month but spent most of his time on a stationary bike, declining to take the practice field because he felt the team reneged on a promise to rework the contract paying him $7.1 million over the next two years.

The 29-year-old Umenyiora did not address reporters following Monday’s practice, but his coach and team mates were happy to see the pass-rushing defensive end back on the field.

“It was spirited and I thought the practice was very good,” coach Tom Coughlin told reporters. “He jumped right in there and tries to beat the ball like he normally does. It was good to see.

“He was very competitive.”

Coughlin said it was possible Umenyiora, who also has had concerns over a knee injury, might see some playing time in their preseason game Monday against the Chicago Bears and that he hoped the episode was behind them.

“I hope so and that’s all I am going on,” said Coughlin. “He is here and he wants to work. He wants to be a part of the team and we certainly want him to be.”

Umenyiora worked out with the first-team defense, splitting snaps at right end with young Jason Pierre-Paul, last year’s first-round draft pick who had two sacks and three tackles in a 20-10 preseason loss against the Carolina Panthers.

Fellow defensive lineman Justin Tuck said having Umenyiora back made the Giants better.

“Having the quality defensive ends we have, all of us make each other better,” said defensive captain Tuck.

“With him on the football field on Sundays, it makes it very difficult (for opponents to block). You’ve kind of got to pick and choose. Then you throw JPP (Pierre-Paul) in the mix, it really gives us a lot of freedom to do a lot of different things. So yeah, we definitely make each other better.”

Giants quarterback Eli Manning said getting past an internal controversy could only help.

“It is always good to have all your guys and everybody is practicing and back,” said Manning. “If you can eliminate distractions, that is always a positive.”

(Writing by Larry Fine, Editing by Rex Gowar)

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Updated Jul 27, 2011 1:42 PM ET

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Plaxico Burress is seriously considering a return to the New York Giants, an NFL source told the New York Post late Tuesday.

The source said the interest is mutual and Burress recognizes he would have to have a conversation with coach Tom Coughlin to repair the bridge he burned in a post-prison interview.

Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, who has developed a friendship with Burress, has called him, and so has Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

Asked point-blank whether Burress has ruled out the Giants, the source said, “No,” before adding, “The Giants are a possibility.”

A report on nj.com stated Burress will meet Wednesday with Coughlin at the Giants’ practice facility. Burress, according to the report, said, “I really don’t know what I’m going to say. I’m just going to go in there and speak from the heart, be truthful with him and let him know how I feel. I’m pretty sure there are things he wants to say, too.”

Any conversation, though, will have to wait. The newly instituted rules of free agency prohibit any meetings with teams until Friday.

“If we are going to meet with Plaxico it won’t be until Friday, when such visits are permitted,” a Giants source said.

The source said the Giants are among a handful of teams that have expressed genuine interest, a list that includes the Eagles and Jets. The same source said the Giants reached out to Burress, who was in Florida, asking him to come in and chat.

No doubt any conversation with Coughlin would center on Burress’ hostile words in a post-prison interview on ESPN Radio in which he called his relationship with Coughlin “ambivalent, to say the least.”

Burress was fined numerous times and suspended more than once by Coughlin in his time with the Giants, punishments that Burress explained away as the result of a head coach who did not care about him as a person.

“I kind of felt it was like, ‘I’m the coach, you are the player, it doesn’t matter what you have to say, you just do what I tell you to do,’” Burress said in the interview. “This is not college. This is professional sports. If you can’t sit down and go talk to a man that you are busting your tail for, not even have the respect for anything that you have to say, the only thing I knew then was to rebel.”

The Giants viewed those words as evidence Burress did not leave prison — where he served a two-year sentence on gun charges — as truly changed in terms of taking responsibility for his actions while with the team.

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Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress gestures from a car after being released from the Oneida County Correction Facility in Rome, N.Y., Monday, June 6, 2011. Burress was released from prison after spending nearly two years behind bars on a gun charge. (credit: AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth)

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NEW YORK — Wide receiver Plaxico Burress becomes a free man on Monday when he is released from prison.

And according to good friend and former teammate Brandon Jacobs, Burress will not be returning to the New York Giants once the lockout ends.

“There is no chance Plaxico Burress is a New York Giant after he comes home,” Jacobs said while attending teammate Justin Tuck’s celebrity billiards event in Manhattan.

“He isn’t coming to the Giants,” Jacobs added. “He’s got options. I would love for him to be a part of the Giants. I don’t think that is even on his plate.”

Jacobs has placed the Philadelphia Eagles as the leading candidate to land Burress once football resumes because of Burress’ friendship with Michael Vick and the fact that the Eagles are loaded with talent offensively.

Both Vick and Burress grew up in the Virginia Beach area.

“I would hate to see him go to where I think he is going to go, that is from talking to him,” Jacobs said of the Eagles when asked if he was talking about Philadelphia. “It is pretty tough to deal with all those different combinations. Plax is a Virginia guy, Vick is a Virginia guy. They went through sort of the same things and they got a lot of dynamic players down there. It wouldn’t be a bad thing, he thinks, to go down there. He wants to win.”

Jacobs is one of Burress’ best friends and has remained in constant contact with the wide receiver, who accidentally shot himself in the thigh in November 2008. Burress pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He’s eligible for time off for good behavior, so his prison time will end Monday after serving 21 months of his two-year sentence.

Jacobs said he is “so sure” of Burress’ thinking “because I talk to him once a week.”

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Plax is a Virginia guy, Vick is a Virginia guy. They went through sort of the same things and (the Eagles) got a lot of dynamic players down there. It wouldn’t be a bad thing, he thinks, to go (to Philadelphia). He wants to win.”

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– Brandon Jacobs, pictured

“He doesn’t think there is anything wrong with the organization,” Jacobs said of the Giants. “He just wants a new start.”

“I’m way excited for (him),” Jacobs added of Burress’ pending release. “He will get his opportunity. I am super happy for him and his family. His kids were over at my house a couple days ago. His wife seems super happy. It is a great thing for him to be coming home.”

Tuck, who hosted a celebrity billiards tournament to raise money for his R.U.S.H. for Literacy foundation, is one of several Giants who want Burress back. When asked if he will talk to general manager Jerry Reese and ownership about a Burress reunion once the lockout ends, Tuck said he will continue what he started before the lockout began.

“I’m already campaigning,” Tuck said prior to Jacobs’ comments about Burress being unlikely to return to the Giants. “I was campaigning before the lockout started. I will say this much, go back and see what our record was when he shot himself and how devastating our offense was. You had to take a safety out of the box (against him). With our O-line and our running game, that opens up a lot of stuff. I’m excited. I hope we can get No. 17 back to Giants Stadium.”

The Giants were 10-1 in 2008 before Burress shot himself that Nov. 28. The Giants made the postseason that year but have not been back since.

Tuck thinks the Giants and Burress make a lot of sense in 2011.

“I would think it is somewhere he would be comfortable, he knows everybody there and he knows the system,” said Tuck, who also is friends with Burress. “He had great chemistry with Eli (Manning) and he has a lot of friends on this team and a team that wants him here. I am sure there are going to be a lot of teams that will want him.”

“I can’t speak for Plaxico,” Tuck added. “He has a mind of his own and he knows what he wants to do. Coming from the captain of the New York Giants, I would love to have Plaxico back here in Giants blue.”

Jacobs would love to convince Burress to return to the Giants but the running back mentioned his own uncertain future. Jacobs is under contract for two more seasons and will earn $4.65 million in 2011 and $4.9 million in 2012.

The Giants also want to re-sign starting running back Ahmad Bradshaw, who will either be a restricted or unrestricted free agent. Keeping both running backs could be difficult if the Giants have to give Bradshaw a big contract.

“If I knew where I would be next year, if I knew for a fact that I would be around — no one knows anything now — I would be trying to talk (Burress) into it,” said Jacobs, who wants to return to the Giants and play with Bradshaw and Burress. “He wants to explore his options.”

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