Injury-depleted Browns hit road

Four Browns starters are questionable for the game.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Looking down the Cleveland Browns' lengthy injury report, it would be easy for the New York Giants to assume they have a W in the bank Sunday.
Four Browns starters, including rookie tight end Kellen Winslow and defensive end Courtney Brown, are out, and both starting cornerbacks are questionable for the game at Giants Stadium.
Can anyone say, "Letdown?"
That's the biggest concern for the Giants (1-1) coming off a 20-14 win over Washington that gave Tom Coughlin his first regular season coaching win since taking over the team in January.
"I don't think we need to be reminded of anything after going 4-12 last year," Giants veteran receiver Ike Hilliard said. "We are hungry for wins, whether the team we are playing is banged up or they have all their weapons."
Respect for Garcia
Nevertheless, Hilliard and other Giants veterans have made a point to refresh everyone's memory about last year and to point out Jeff Garcia is quarterbacking the Browns (1-1).
What's important about last year is there were a couple of games the Giants should have won under similar circumstances and didn't. The most obvious was against Atlanta. The Falcons came to Giants Stadium without quarterback Michael Vick and crushed New York 27-7 with Kurt Kittner at the helm.
Seeing Garcia at quarterback for Cleveland is a little more scary. The last time he went against New York, he rallied the San Francisco 49ers from a 38-14 second-half deficit to a 39-38 win in the first round of the playoffs in 2002.
"How can you forget that?" Giants safety Shaun Williams said. "It was the second-biggest comeback in playoff history. It's definitely something you don't forget about."
Garcia probably feels like he has something to prove after going 8-of-27 for 71 yards and three interceptions in a 19-12 loss to Dallas last weekend.
Zero rating
His 0.0 rating marked only the fifth time since 1970 a quarterback was that bad.
"What took place last weekend is really not indicative of me as a quarterback, nor of this team and the character that this team has as far as the offense is concerned," Garcia said.
Browns cornerback Daylon McCutcheon, battling a broken finger, predicted Garcia will rebound.
"I rode on the bus next to him after the game and he was already ready," McCutcheon said. "He wanted to get back on the practice field and go out there and have a better game. I think he'll go out there with fire and I think he'll go out there and play well."
Garcia will be facing a defense that seemingly found itself last weekend against Washington. New York forced seven turnovers, its most in a non-strike game since 1986.
Linebacker Barrett Green scored on a fumble return and Kurt Warner and the offense added 10 points after two of the other turnovers.
However, the offense left points on the field with an anemic running game and a some passes that just missed.
Warner, who was 22-of-33 for 232 yards, said no one is overlooking the Browns, especially because their defense has allowed an average of 11 points.
"You never want to be in a place where you get a false sense of security when somebody has been injured," Warner said.
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