Lack of respect fuels Giants

When Osi Umenyiora is in Hawaii the week after Super Bowl Sunday, he will be surrounded by the enemy - the only Giant on a Pro Bowl team with a dozen Cowboys. It's a snub that still gnaws at the Giants as they prepare for Sunday's divisional playoff game. "Yeah, I think it does," Umenyiora said Thursday. "And to be honest with you, it should, because I'm not sure that they have that many better players than we do."

Apparently, though, everybody else thinks they do because 11 Cowboys were voted onto the NFC squad back in mid-December, and a 12th - safety Roy Williams - was added as a late replacement. It was as clear a sign as any to the Giants (11-6) that the world views the Cowboys (13-3) as by far the best team in the NFC East. Continue