Perry Fewell has said that the New York Giants' defense is responsible for the Super Bowl champions' poor form.

The Giants have lost three of their last four games, and must rely an other results to stand a chance of making the postseason.

The defensive coordinator told the New York Post: "It's frustrating for me and for the defense to give up the big play and that's been our nemesis all year. Have we worked to eliminate the big play? Yes we have. Have we been able to do that? No we haven't.

"We preach them, we work on them. They say turnovers come in bunches, and sometimes they come in bunches, but we're in the dry spell the last two games. And we're going to work like the dickens to get turnovers in this game.

"I think they've been playing hard, but they have to make up in their mind that we have to make some plays. We have to get a spark from somebody. Somebody has to go through and make a football play and get everybody going."

The Giants' defense is ranked 30th out of the league's 32 teams.