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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- If the New York Giants are going to end their four-year playoff drought, Eli Manning and the offense have to improve and quickly.The Giants (8-4) saw their six-game winning streak end Sunday with a 24-14 loss to the Steelers in Pittsburgh.The blame can be put squarely on the offense. It was held to 234 yards, needed help from the defense and special teams to produce two touchdowns, and allowed the Steelers to get on the board first when left tackle Ereck Flowers was called for holding in the end zone.It would be easy to say it was simply a bad game for the offense. Its been the norm lately.When we see the film, we see there are opportunities there, Ben McAdoo said Monday when asked about the offensive problems. Again, the unforced errors and the setbacks when youre playing inconsistent football on the offensive side, theyre hard to overcome. Thats where we are right now.Manning made the biggest mistake Sunday, trying to squeeze a pass to tight end Larry Donnell on second-and-4 from the Steelers 9-yard line with New York down 5-0. Linebacker Lawrence Timmons intercepted the pass and returned it 58 yards to set up another Pittsburgh touchdown.It was a big mistake and New York never recovered. The Giants defense gave the offense chances, but it failed to capitalize.Right now we believe we have the players and the scheme to make a run at this thing, McAdoo said. We know we need to get back to work, we need to get some pads on this week if thats the smart thing and the right thing to do based on the injury report and player health, well do that. We need to play good football on Sunday.The Giants have a huge game this weekend with Dallas (11-1) coming to MetLife Stadium. If the Cowboys win, they clinch the NFC East.New York still has the best record in the race for the wild-card spot, but Tampa Bay (7-5), Washington (6-5-1), Minnesota (6-6) and Green Bay (6-6) are close with four games left.In addition to Dallas, the Giants also have games with Detroit (8-4), Philadelphia (5-7) and Washington. Its not an easy schedule for a team struggling on offense.In the last six games, the Giants are averaging 290.6 yards and 21.5 points. During that span the team has scored 18 touchdowns. Two have been by the defense and five other TDs have come on drives of 35 yards or less set up by takeaways by Steve Spagnuolos unit.A big kickoff return by Bobby Rainey on Sunday set up a meaningless 52-yard drive that Manning ended with a TD pass to Sterling Shepard.Offensive drives, though, have been few and far between. There have been eight touchdown drives of 67 yards or more in the last six games. There were two other drives between 50 and 60 yards.Against the Steelers, the Giants rushed for 56 yards, and their 178 net passing yards were a season low. Manning finished 24 of 39 for 195 yards, his second consecutive sub-200 yard game.While Odell Beckham Jr. had 10 receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown, Victor Cruz was not targeted once. The week before Shepard was ignored in the game against the Browns.I think theres a heightened sense of awareness that we need to get better and we need to improve and we need to keep working at it, McAdoo said.Game notes McAdoo had no update on the groin injury that knocked out DE Jason Pierre-Paul in the first half. ... DT Johnathan Hankins (quad) is sore, while WR/returner Dwayne Harris has an ankle injury. ... After the game Beckham said he didnt want to see referee Terry McAulays crew working another one of his teams games this season. McAdoo would not comment on that. However, he said: We have a process to gain clarification on calls that are made during the course of a game. Were going to get plenty of use out of that process this week.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and -http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL John Lackey Cubs Jersey . Carey Price didnt, but he still came out on top against one of his rivals for the No. 1 job at the Sochi Games. The Anahim Lake, B.C., native was stellar in making 39 saves in his home province and Lars Eller got credit for a bizarre short-handed winner as the Canadiens defeated the Canucks 4-1. Billy Williams Cubs Jersey . -- In a span of seven Washington Redskins offensive plays, Justin Tuck sacked Robert Griffin III four times. https://www.cheapcubs.com/1730t-xavier-cedeno-jersey-cubs.html . The defence is doing its part, too. 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Jacksonvilles defense is better than you think but doesnt quite have all the pieces yet. Im trusting the maturity of Matthew Stafford and Jim Caldwell to not let this team look ahead to a huge matchup against Minnesota on Thanksgiving.Score: Detroit 26, Jacksonville 16Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis ColtsTennessee has lost only one game by more than eight points this season (Week 1, hurt by two defensive TDs from Minnesota). This is a pretty good team. And while the Titans have struggled against Andrew Luck, there is a first time for everything. I dont think the Colts defense will be able to keep Tennessee off the scoreboard. The Titans take a close one on the road.Score: Tennessee 27, Indianapolis 24Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota VikingsBoth teams have been sputtering recently but are still dangerous. Minnesotas defense remains one of the leagues best and is getting healthier this week. That unit scores a deffensive touchdown against the Cardinals, a division winner from last year that hasnt quite looked the part this season.dddddddddddd. The Vikings defense makes life tough for Carson Palmer and Minnesota enters its Thanksgiving date with Detroit off a win.Score: Minnesota 21, Arizona 17Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle SeahawksI picked Seattle to win outright last week, so Im a believer in this team. That win might be a sign that the Seahawks are ready to roll now. Philadelphia is 4-0 at home but only 1-4 on the road. This will be a tough learning experience for Carson Wentz. The Eagles will be in this game, but with Seattles offense coming on (and Thomas Rawls coming back soon) and Kam Chancellor back on defense, this is a different team. This should be the lowest number Seattle has at home the rest of the season. I like the Seahawks here.Score: Seattle 27, Philadelphia 16Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati looked pretty sluggish on Monday Night Football, especially coming off a bye. The Bengals just didnt play with the urgency I thought they would. Buffalo showed me something in that close 31-25 loss in Seattle in Week 9. I think theyll play hard coming off a bye, as they still have a chance to do something and grab that last AFC wild-card berth.Score: Buffalo 24, Cincinnati 21 ' ' '