The Giants have ruled out running back Ahmad Bradshaw for Monday night's game against the Saints. Bradshaw had hoped to return from a foot injury. He has missed four games with a cracked bone in his foot.

Giants running back Brandon Jacobs has refused to back off his criticism of fans that have booed the team at home this season. Jacobs said "the best thing they do here is boo" after New York's loss to Philadelphia on Sunday night. "When you come out and get booed like they do us, we're only out there for ourselves," Jacobs said on WFAN's morning show on Wednesday. "We go out there and we play hard and we do whatever we got to do. It's up to them whether or not they want to boo. And that's what they do. "It seems like we are playing at home and we're out there by ourselves as well."

Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw is targeting next weekend's game against the Saints for his return to the field. Bradshaw has ruled out surgery for his broken foot and insists that he is getting better. "Every day it's getting better," Bradshaw said. "We're going to take it day by day. I feel good this week, but I think next week is going to be a different story. I think I’ll be able to at least put all the weight on my foot. "I'm comfortable enough to say I'm going to try and go next week." Rest, ice, bone stimulation and pool work have been parts of Bradshaw's daily routine and he wants to test his foot in the next couple of days.

The Eagles are 3-6 heading into Sunday night's game against the Giants and their playoff hopes are dim. Philadelphia would have to win their remaining seven games and likely get some help to make the postseason. LeSean McCoy sees that as a possibility. "I think so," McCoy tells NBC's Bob Costas in an interview to aired tonight on Football Night in America. "Not only me, but everyone in that locker room thinks the Eagles can win out. The talent is there. You ask defenses that we play; when they turn the tape on they don't see a 3-6 team. I think if we just take care of the small things we are in good shape. I think we can run the table."

Despite his bitter divorce from the Giants, many believe wide receiver Steve Smith could return to New York as soon as next season. Smith is expecting a rude reception from fans in New Jersey tonight as he visits as a member of the Eagles. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that people who know Smith think he'd love to return to the Giants after the season, and that he believes the Giants are the best fit for him.

Giants rookie cornerback Prince Amukamara practiced for the first time all season on Thursday. He also sounded optimistic about making his NFL debut this week. "I have been getting more reps [in practice], so I'm sure they wouldn't waste reps on anybody," Amukamara said. "I'm practicing and preparing like I'm gonna play this week. I'm excited."

Ahmad Bradshaw missed another practice Thursday and likely won't play Sunday night against the Eagles, but the Giants running back is still aiming for a prime-time return, in New Orleans on November 28. "I'm comfortable enough to say I'm gonna try to go next week," said Bradshaw, who has missed the past two games with a fractured bone in his foot.

Quarterback Michael Vick didn’t practice for the second straight day Thursday because of broken ribs, and it remains uncertain whether he'll play when the Eagles visit the Giants on Sunday night.

Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz and a handful of teammates were at a Manhattan nightclub early Tuesday morning when a gunman opened fire, killing one man and injuring two others. Cruz and his teammates, who were among a number of NBA players and non-sports celebrities at the club, were not injured and not involved in the shooting. "There is nothing to indicate that any of the well-known individuals in the club that night had anything to do with the shooing," New York Police Department chief spokesman Paul J. Browne told the New York Times. Cruz was celebrating his birthday with teammates Hakeem Nicks, Aaron Ross, Antrel Rolle and Chris Canty.

The Giants won't know if they will have their top two wide receivers until right before Sunday's game against the 49ers. Nicks is hoping to return from a hamstring injury, while Manningham experienced swelling in the knee Saturday morning, according to a source. Manningham had practiced fully all week and it is not known how he injured his knee.