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San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates slips away from New York Giants ' Aaron Rouse on his way to a first down in the first quarter.

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San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates slips away from Aaron Rouse on his way to a first down in the first quarter.

Bill Sheridan often speaks in a soft voice, makes extended eye contact and, except when he's on the field for practice or a game, moves methodically.

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.

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.

The Giants are sticking with players who have struggled recently, such as safety Aaron Rouse, who took a bad ankle on a touchdown run by the Eagles's LeSean McCoy this past Sunday.

Fresh off a historically bad defensive performance, the Giants yesterday put aside the debacle in New Orleans that resulted in 48 points for the Saints and vowed to clean up their act for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.

On paper, it's a wonder the Raiders and New York Giants are even going through the trouble of playing.

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin has his facemask grabbed by New York Giants linebacker Michael Boley.

Defensive coordinator Dom Capers found a way to combat all the problems the Green Bay Packers were having at safety.

If the St. Louis Rams want an extra scouting report on the Green Bay Packers, they need to look no further than their own roster.

Concerned they might have to go into the St. Louis game Sunday with just two healthy safeties, the Green Bay Packers worked out three defensive backs Tuesday and appear ready to sign one of them soon.

Aaron Rouse wasn't looking for work long. Released by the Green Bay Packers on Wednesday, the safety was claimed off waivers by the New York Giants on Thursday.

If the Green Bay Packers are going to play the kind of 3-4 defense that wins championships, they absolutely can't let teams run on them the way the Cincinnati Bengals did last week.

September 25, 2009 Q. A lot of people were surprised that you were released. Were you one of them? A. Oh, most definitely.

Key injuries and a roster shake-up have created early season uncertainty at safety for the Green Bay Packers.

Aaron Rouse tackles Cincinnati's Chad Ochocinco Sunday. Rouse was awarded to the Giants Thursday on waivers, after the Giants put safety Kenny Phillips on injured reserve.

Packers Coach Mike McCarthy has seen the fruits of criticism about last week's loss become evident in this week's practices for the game this upcoming Sunday against the Rams.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert For all you Aaron Rouse fans out there: He's been claimed on waivers by the safety-needy New York Giants , according to agent Alvin Keels .