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Football coverage from the Staten Island Advance

• Burress charged, but story's tangled
Just four days ago, the biggest question surrounding Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was whether his strained hamstring would allow him to play last Sunday.

• Giants bracing for mob scene
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- As an injured player, Plaxico Burress is required by the team to go to Giants Stadium today for treatment -- something his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said last night he would do.

• Giants look distraction-proof
LANDOVER, Md. -- Barry Cofield simply wanted to rest in his downtown Washington hotel room, so he shut off the ringer on his phone.

• Burress to surrender today
While his teammates were in Landover, Md., adding another win to the Giants' impressive 11-1 season, wide receiver Plaxico Burress was holed up in his Totowa, N.J., mansion, the eye of a weekend-long storm of uncertainty and unresolved circumstances.

• Jacobs understands Burress mindset
LANDOVER, Md. -- Brandon Jacobs isn't excusing Plaxico Burress for carrying a loaded gun into a nightclub. Nor will he condone Burress' having a weapon in Manhattan without a New York gun license -- if that's indeed the case.

• Giants must just say no to Plaxico
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Throughout his many indiscretions during his turbulent 2008 season, Plaxico Burress had been the Giants' problem, and nothing more.

• Plax is better, but not enough
The last time the Giants played the Redskins, Plaxico Burress had far and away his best game of the season, with 133 receiving yards in the Giants' Week 1 win. But the wide receiver won't have the chance for a repeat performance tomorrow in Washington. He has already been ruled out for the game.

• Kiwanuka has score to settle
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- As defensive ends Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka were getting dressed at their adjoining lockers yesterday, their conversation turned to their matchups tomorrow at Washington.

• Giants know Redskins offense runs with Portis
The last time the Giants faced Clinton Portis, they relied on the Great Wall of China.

• Hixon proving his versatility
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Wide receiver Domenik Hixon had eight passes thrown his way in Sunday's win over the Cardinals. Only two of them fell incomplete -- a corner route in the Arizona end zone that was knocked away by CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and a hook that Rodgers-Cromartie also defensed. The other six were completions for a total of 57 yards.

• Manning airs it out vs. Cards
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- If quarterback Eli Manning were one to pay attention to talk last week that the Giants offense was too reliant on its run game and that he hadn't thrown for 200 yards in a month-and-a-half, one play in the Giants' 37-29 win over Arizona Sunday would have been an especially satisfying silencer.

• Giants enjoy their return to the desert
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Justin Tuck has only been to this spaceship-looking, coiled snake-resembling monstrosity in the middle of the desert twice. Yet, that's been enough for the University of Phoenix Stadium to climb very high on his list of favorite road venues.

• Dom-inant performance by Plax's sub
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Domenik Hixon didn't have a whole lot of time to get ready yesterday.

• 'Probable' Jacobs sits because of knee
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Brandon Jacobs was listed as probable. But by Saturday night, after a long flight here, his swollen knee made him believe he probably wasn't going to play.

• Burress taking cautious approach
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Tomorrow's high temperature in Glendale, Ariz., is expected to be in the 80s, but Plaxico Burress wasn't one to gloat about the forecast yesterday. Trips to the Valley of the Sun have brought the Giants receiver a lot of medical lows.

• Big Blue eyes upper 'hand' vs. Warner
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Four years ago this month, Tom Coughlin was publicly pleading with Kurt Warner to keep his non-throwing hand on the ball while he's in the pocket.

• Giants get good news on Jacobs
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The decision about Brandon Jacobs' availability for Sunday's game against the Cardinals is either his or the team's. It depends on whom you talk to.

• Get ready for Air Eli
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Almost all season long, defensive schemes have been telling the Giants, "We're not going to let Plaxico Burress beat us." At some point, with the running game averaging 200 yards or more every other week, that's bound to change.

• Giants run down Ravens
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- To understand how the Giants have gotten so good and keep getting better, one only needed to listen to a few offensive players after yesterday's 30-10 victory over the Ravens.

• Jacobs earns right to talk
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- He was still running when the Giants' latest conquest had ended, only this time, Brandon Jacobs was running his mouth. And nobody could stop him from doing that, either.

• Ross makes his pick count
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- In Philadelphia last Sunday, cornerback Aaron Ross was in prime position to make his first interception of the season. He was underneath Philadelphia receiver Kevin Curtis, the ball hit his hands -- and he dropped it.

• Tynes just happy to get another FG
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- There was never a doubt Lawrence Tynes had made the 19-yard field goal to provide the final margin of yesterday's 30-10 victory over the Ravens. But to see his reaction, one would think he had just kicked a 47-yarder in subzero conditions after missing two kicks to win the NFC Championship.

• Giants taking hits to secondary
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Giants made it through the playoffs last season with a secondary worn thin from injuries, so having a handful of banged-up defensive backs in Week 11 doesn't faze them too much.

• McKenzie arrested on DWI charge
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Giants starting right tackle Kareem McKenzie was arrested Thursday night in Little Falls Township, N.J. for driving while intoxicated, according to Little Falls Police spokesman Lt. Salvatore Calafiore.

• Giants set their sights on rattling Flacco
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Four years ago, the Ravens rushed Eli Manning, battered him and held him to a 0.0 passer rating. When the then-rookie quarterback was taken out of the game in the fourth quarter, it was the first and only time in his career he was pulled for performance reasons.

• Running attack faces stiff test
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Every Saturday or Sunday during the season, Derrick Ward finds a nugget to feed to the Giants offensive linemen.

• Football gets slippery when Giants reach for more
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Fifteen hours after the Giants pounded the Lincoln Financial Field grass for their fourth 200-yard rushing game of the season, center Shaun O'Hara still wanted more.

• Coughlin gets it right on red
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Tom Coughlin said the key to throwing the challenge flag is "being deliberate, making sure what we're going to state." Should one expect anything less from the coach who preaches preparation and discipline more than any of his peers?

• By any measure, a Giant win
PHILADELPHIA -- They knew it would be close because that's the way it's been here over the past few years. The Giants just didn't know how close their victory over the Eagles would be.

• Coughlin dances the night away as breaks go the Giants' way
PHILADELPHIA -- The grump of a head coach has had his share of sideline theatrics with the Giants, but this was a first. Tom Coughlin heard the good news from the referee that his game-changing challenge was a success, then turned back to his team and did a little dance.

• Fumbles have high-flying Jacobs feeling a bit low
PHILADELPHIA -- The Giants expect Brandon Jacobs to run over people -- especially helpless defensive backs who half-heartedly throw themselves under the tires.

• Tynes returns as kickoff specialist
PHILADELPHIA -- Kicker Lawrence Tynes was one of the first Giants to filter onto Lincoln Financial Field last night, practicing his paces on the 30-yard line and chatting with special teams coordinator Tom Quinn a couple hours before kickoff.

• GIANT GETTING ACID TEST
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- On the sideline during Giants games, when rookie safety Kenny Phillips needs advice, veteran Sammy Knight is ready with 12 years' worth. Some of it is tips on reading keys and recognizing plays. Some is making sure Phillips' head is in the right place.

• GIANT 'D' LOCKED IN ON WESTBROOK
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Running back Danny Ware has been all over the place at Giants practice this week. Lined up in the backfield. Split wide. In the slot. The man in motion.

• Motivation easy for Eagles
PHILADELPHIA -- Brian Dawkins stayed up late Tuesday night -- well past midnight, he admitted -- watching the returns of the historic presidential election.

• On top, but Giants still wary
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Justin Tuck had been speaking to the media for more than 10 minutes after Sunday's victory against the Cowboys before he was asked about the Giants' situation not being as rosy as many perceive it to be.

• Tyree decision due soon
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Giants have until 4 p.m. tomorrow to decide David Tyree's future with the team, but as of yesterday Tyree had no inkling what that decision would be.

• Giants romp against reeling Cowboys
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- That lopsided game at the Meadowlands yesterday couldn't have been a Giants-Cowboys matchup. Not after how competitive the games between the two have been in the Tom Coughlin era.

• Corey catches on (twice) vs. Dallas
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- After dropping what would have been a sure interception for a touchdown against the Cowboys in the playoffs last season, Corey Webster held on this time.