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Saints' Brees aims for another big game vs. Giants

Before the start of the season, this Week 14 matchup between the New Orleans Saints and New York Giants could have been billed as a possible NFC Championship preview.However, recent struggles threaten to derail both team's playoff chances and the Saints and hosting Giants will both be looking for a much-needed win this Sunday.Coming off their fourth Super Bowl championship, and second in five years, the Giants used a perfect October to seize control of the NFC East, but now lead the division by just one game over both the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys thanks to three losses in four games.The most recent prevented 7-5 New York from padding its lead atop the standings as it was dealt a 17-16 loss by the Washington Redskins on Monday night.The Giants led 13-10 at the half and pushed that edge to six on Lawrence Tynes' 35-yard field goal with 3:09 left in the third quarter. However, New York's offense went cold from there and Washington went ahead for good on an eight-yard touchdo...

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