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Giants live dangerously with defense that squanders Eli Manning's 6 TDs

NEW ORLEANS -- Eli Manning and Drew Brees spent Sunday afternoon in the Superdome attacking the NFL record book, combining for a league-record 13 touchdown passes. It looked for a while as if the New York Giants might steal a game in which they barely played a lick of defense. But Brees' record-tying seventh touchdown pass with 36 seconds left tied it up, and a face-mask penalty on Giants punter Brad Wing with five seconds left set up the New Orleans Saints up for the game-winning field goal and a heartbreaking 52-49 Giants loss.