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He looked intently at what was going down on the field, saw what he saw and then collapsed, falling onto the bench as if all the energy had been drained from his body and he could stand no more.

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If “crumbled in a heap’’ was a living, breathing entity, it would have been Brian Burns as he realized his great play that should have provided his team with a big lift and at least some points resulted in nothing other than the sickening frustration that the Giants and their fans are infected with and cannot shake.

Once again, on a crystal clear afternoon seemingly created for football, the Giants proved that

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