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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- After seeing the New York Giants defense hold the Dallas Cowboys to season lows of seven points and 260 total yards, Steve Spagnuolo isnt satisfied.The defensive coordinator still feels the pain of seeing his defense bust a coverage early and allowing Dak Prescott to throw a 31-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Terrance Williams. It was one of those explosive plays he says feels like a knife in the back.The positive for the Giants (9-4) was it was the only bad play in what might have been their best defensive performance all season.Our goal now is to make sure that that game defensively is not our best game this year, so that has kind of been our focus, `Lets not let that be the best game, Spagnuolo said Thursday as the Giants prepared for Sundays game against the Detroit Lions (9-4) at MetLife Stadium. And that is just all about getting better, so each day we try to get better.The Lions will present a much different challenge than the Cowboys. Detroit is not as balanced as Dallas.Its offense is led by quarterback Matthew Stafford and a talented group of receivers. The running game is almost nonexistent. Screen plays and runs after catches seem to substitute for a ground attack.Theyre still going to run the ball at a certain point in the game, defensive end Olivier Vernon said. We just have to know when theyre going to do that. Its just studying and making sure you know your opponent.Stafford is somewhat of a question mark this week. He injured the middle finger on his throwing hand in the win over the Bears last weekend and he has practiced with a glove on his finger.Spagnuolo has no doubt that he will play. His players dont expect any dip in performance although they will be watching to see if Staffords passes lack the same velocity.You have to watch how his ball comes out, said safety Landon Collins, who leads the Giants with five interceptions. On the back I will.Rookie cornerback Eli Apple has been impressed by Staffords fortitude.He is one of the best, Apple said. He has a big arm, he is gutsy and he can scramble as well.The Lions winning touchdown against the Bears last weekend came on a Stafford run while playing with the injured finger. When he is throwing the ball, Stafford has spread it around.Golden Tate leads the team with 71 catches for 820 yards, while fellow wide receiver Marvin Jones has 46 catches for 797 yards. Veteran Anquan Boldin has 55 catches for 481 and a team-high seven touchdowns. Add in tight end Eric Ebron (43 for 521) and halfback Theo Riddick (53 for 371 and five touchdowns) and Stafford has a lot of options.The good news for the Giants is their secondary has been playing lights-out with Janoris Jenkins, Apple, cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Collins having outstanding seasons.You can never be satisfied, you can never be content, and every week gets bigger, defensive captain/linebacker Jonathan Casillas said. We may not play a one-loss team this week, but its a division leader and it means a lot when it comes to the playoffs. Every game is going to get bigger, whether the record of the team that we play against is one loss, two losses, three losses, whatever it is. The games are going to get bigger and the biggest game we have to date is this one. Game notesThe Giants injury report did not change. LB Keenan Robinson missed his second straight day of practice with a shoulder injury. 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Adidas NMD R1 Heren Adidas Continental 80 Kopen . Speaking Thursday on TSN 1050 Thursday, the Leafs GM also touched on the questions surrounding the teams leadership and the struggles of his big-name free-agent signing. “Its not from lack of effort from the coaching staff.Dominic Cork says Ben Stokes absence from the rest of the series against Sri Lanka is a big blow to the player and England.Stokes will miss out on playing at his county home ground of Emirates Riverside on Friday, as well as the third and final Test at Lords on June 9, after aggravating a knee injury in Englands first-Test win at HeadingleyEngland will miss him, everything about him, said Sky Sports pundit Cork said of Stokes, who underwent surgery on Tuesday. Not just his batting, or his bowling. You cant just pick out one thing, thats why theyre called all-rounders.He is an excellent cricketer. His ability - up there with the very best. He can change the game, and not just with one aspect. Ben Stokes celebrates scoring a double hundred for England against South Africa in Cape Town Look at what he did in the winter against South Africa, with that magnificent double century at Cape Town; and the Ashes last year, with that superb catch at Trent Bridge - he is a difference maker.Its a massive blow, because he has been one of the main reasons why Englands Test cricket has gone well of late, although given how poor Sri Lanka have been, its perhaps not as big a hole to fill for England as it usually would be.But you dont want to miss out on games, it doesnt matter who youre playing against and its a big blow for Stokes personally, especially coming off the back of the disappointment of the last over of the World T20. Ben Stokes is consoled by England T20 captain Eoin Morgan after defeat in the World T20 final Chris Woakes has been picked as Stokkes replacement in the squad, with the Warwickshire man celebrating his call-up by taking an astonishing 9-36 in his sides Spescavers County Championship game with Durham.dddddddddddd.Cork believes Woakes can fill in adequately if England chose him over the extra bowler in the squad, Nottinghamshires Jake Ball.Theyre big shoes to fill, said Cork. But I dont think there was anyone else other than Woakes they could have picked at the moment. He was the obvious choice. Chris Woakes has been among the wickets for Warwickshire before joining up with England Its all about consistency of selection - Woakes has been around the England side in one-day cricket or Tests for a while.He isnt a like-for-like replacement, because I dont think hes as good a cricketer. But he is a gutsy player, who perhaps has a point to prove, having only played six Test matches. Some say he doesnt bowl quick enough, but thats a load of rubbish. I genuinely believe he has got ability, and if he gets the nod ahead of Ball, Im sure hed do a job and be successful. That will be Englands decision, they might decide it is time to see what Ball can do, but for the balance of the side, Woakes would be my choice at the moment.Stokes is a big miss, but no matter who you lose as a side, you have to adapt. Its not the end of the world for this England side without Stokes. Its just without him, theyll have to work that little bit harder.Watch England take on Sri Lanka in the second Test at, live on Sky Sports 2 from 10am on Friday.Also See:Stokes out of second TestAnderson takes 10 in England winWATCH: Players of First TestGet Sky Sports ' ' '