New York is in first place after their comeback victory against Miami. The Giants are finally getting healthy and need to count on their superior defensive line as they prepare for the league's toughest remaining schedule, which includes games at New England, San Francisco, New Orleans, Dallas and the New York Jets, and home games against Philadelphia and Green Bay. Eli Manning can no longer count on his running game and must continue to throw deep to some of the youngest and most talented receivers in the league.The scene: Boys will be boys. Tight ends coach Jonathan Hayes got quite the surprise at the end of practice at Georgetown College the other day when quarterback Carson Palmer and running back Cedric Benson crept up from behind and delivered an NFLstyle birthday present. Palmer doused him with a cooler of Gatorade while Benson coated him with a container of power.

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