OBJ wants some R-E-S-P-E-C-T

There is counting the Giants out, and there is disrespecting them.

And a Fox Sports graphic Thursday flat-out embarrassed Big Blue, listing only the Redskins, Cowboys and Eagles under the heading “NFC East Remaining Schedules” during the Cowboys’ victory over the Redskins that moved them into first place. The Giants (3-7) weren’t even on the screen.

Their reaction Friday? Go ahead and doubt us. We dare you.

“I wouldn’t want it any other way,” said receiver Odell Beckham, who set a goal of eight straight wins to end the season coming out of the Giants’ Week 9 open date. “I’ve been doubted all my life. We’re being doubted. But we’re standing strong together and we’ll just keep pushing.

“It makes for a better story when they leave us out of it and then it’s like, ‘Wait a minute, we’re right back in it.’ (But) none of what I’m saying matters ... if we don’t go out and win Sunday.”

Safety Landon Collins said it’s on the Giants to prove everyone wrong.

“It’s our job to make them believe,” he said. “People won’t think it can be done until it’s done. … If we beat these Eagles, I’ll bet our faces will be up there then.

“Then it’s all open. The only teams that are really strong right now are us and the Cowboys. (The Redskins) lost their franchise quarterback (Alex Smith). The Eagles are going through a slump right now. And Dallas got their whole team just like us.”

Asked if he paid attention to division talk during the Cowboys-Redskins broadcast, coach Pat Shurmur answered: “I mean, I obviously read the graphics just like everybody else. But I still try to stay in the moment. … I know the only thing we can control is what we do this week, and if we start doing the things we need to, we’ll slide up.”

Collins said “we don’t pay attention to” the disrespectful graphic. “I didn’t even see it,” he said.

The Giants are aware they are being counted out, though. And they intend to shake the doubters Sunday in Philadelphia.

— New York Daily News