Good morning, New York Giants' fans! Here is your Wednesday morning notebook.

As offense lags, burden is on Giants defense - NYPOST.com
The Giants aren’t going anywhere unless Eli Manning gets back to being himself and the offense won’t get humming unless Hakeem Nicks is once again the big-play threat he’s always been but hasn’t been ...

Eli Manning’s Poor Play Lately Is a Key to Giants’ Problems - NYTimes.com
Coach Tom Coughlin does not want to say his team is in a slump, but quarterback Eli Manning’s performance has been mediocre in the last two games.

For the Giants, the Wrong Kind of Spotlight — Leading Off - NYTimes.com
Sunday seemed like the wrong time for New York quarterback Eli Manning to sink deeper into a slump.

Giants’ Victor Cruz: We Need To ‘Find Different Ways To Beat The Opposition’ " CBS New York
"It’s something that we’ve hung our hat on, is making the big play and really changing the face of a game; making that long touchdown or having that long catch that really changes the perception of the game for us," Cruz said. "But teams have been sitting back in that Cover 2 and not allowing us to do so, so we’ve just got to take our time and find different ways to beat the opposition."