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It has been more than two months since the Giants accomplished what used to be second nature to them: Winning back-to-back games.

OFFENSEThey ran, they passed, they even scored three out of four times in the red zone.

New York Giants wide receiver Derek Hagan celebrates his third-quarter touchdown during Big Blue's rout of the Redskins on Monday night.

Eli Manning had the ball first, and wouldn't let go. The 16-play, 80-yard opening drive that consumed 9:13 turned out to be the first-round knockout of the Redskins that the desperate Giants needed to keep hope alive in the wild-card race.

Last night, the Giants went back in time to the carefree, innocent, halcyon days of weeks one through five, when they romped and had their way with opponents and were looking like the best team in the NFL.

LANDOVER, Md. a ' It would be a shame if the New York Giants team that played the way it did Monday night winds up being eliminated from playoff contention because of the Giants team that played the way it did the previous two months.

And they responded exactly as Coughlin would have hoped, pummeling the Washington Redskins, 45-12, in FedEx Field.

Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson had a big receiving day against the Giants in the teams' first meeting and he's back in the lineup after missing a game with a concussion.

Incidentally, this is also the best way to stop the Eagles' offense. When constant pressure is put on McNabb, he has been known to perform erratically, often under-throwing his receivers.A But when given oodles of time, McNabb can pick apart defensesa 'hitting his speedy receivers for long gainers.A In recent matchups, the Giants have failed to ...

New York Giants' Domenik Hixon breaks by the block by teammate New York Giants' Derek Hagan on Dallas Cowboys' Sam Hurd to score the runback touchdown at the New York Giants vs the Dallas Cowboys at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ 12/6/09

Domenik Hixon talked about the wall and he talked about the controlled chaos. Brandon Jacobs talked about the hatred.

After a questionable intentional grounding call on Tony Romo , the Giants were going to get the ball back with a seven-point lead.

Giants backup running back Ahmad Bradshaw and safety Michael Johnson did not practice on Thursday.

Giants running back Danny Ware, who suffered a concussion against the Broncos on Thanksgiving, appears unlikely to play on Sunday against the Cowboys.

Word has gotten around the NFL about Giants receiver Steve Smith. Defenses are no longer ignoring the third-year wideout, and the last two weeks have been a clear indication of that even though Smith still leads the NFC with 45 catches and is second in the league overall behind New England's Wes Welker.

The Giants came into training camp with very few spots to fill on their roster and nothing has changed, although coach Tom Coughlin says the preseason finale against the Patriots can affect those on the bubble.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley Giants defensive end Justin Tuck missed practice Wednesday, but he's not ruling himself out for Sunday's game against the Bucs.

For the second time since Super Bowl XLII, the Giants offense was placed in a do or die situation.

Tom Canavan EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - There were all those concerns about the Giants' receivers.

Plaxico Burress was formally sentenced for attempted possession of a weapon and was expected to go directly from there to jail.