No Surprise

Shouldn't come as any surprise, but Domenik Hixon won the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award.

All he did was return a punt 79 yards for a touchdown to provide the eventual winning margin in the 31-24 victory over the Cowboys.

It was the Giants’ first punt return touchdown since Sept. 11, 2005, when Chad Morton brought one back 52 yards in a victory over Arizona. The Giants had gone 74 regular season games and seven postseason games without a punt return touchdown.

Hixon’s punt return was the Giants’ longest since Tiki Barber’s 85-yard touchdown on Oct. 18, 1999 – also against Dallas. It was the first punt return touchdown of Hixon’s career. He has two receiving and one kickoff return touchdown.

He's the first Giant to win that honor since Chase Blackburn in Week 9 of last season, and the first Giants returner to be so honored since Amani Toomer ran a punt back 53 yards for a touchdown in 1997.

The Giants also made some moves on their practice squad, placing DB Vince Anderson on the practice squad injured list, and signing London Fryar in his place. Fryar is a 5-foot-11, 192-pound DB with some bloodlines. He's the son of former receiving great Irving Fryar, who played in the league for 17 years.

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