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After the Giants' home loss to the 49ers in Week 9, quarterback Jaxson Dart said he’d never played in a home game in front of a crowd filled with so many fans of the opposing team but it appears to be the new normal for the 2-9 club.

Week 11's game against the Packers was another one where MetLife Stadium provided little home-field advantage for the Giants and the team went to using a silent count for their second straight home game. On Tuesday, left tackle Andrew Thomas said that the Giants have no choice but to accept that they are going to have to adapt to the circumstances.

"You don't anticipate having to do that at home, but that's reality and that's partly because of how we played," Thomas said, via a transcript from the team. "So, we just embrace it. We made the silent count a strength of ours, get timing on the rushers and it helps us out. So, we just embrace it."

While Thomas is willing to embrace the situation, the Giants probably won't have to break out the silent count for a while. They're on the road the next two weeks and then have a bye in Week 14. Their next home game is against the Commanders and it's hard to imagine their fans will have much interest in buying up tickets on the secondary market to make noise in a matchup of two teams playing for draft position in December.

Bills quarterback Josh Allen was responsible for six touchdowns in last Sunday's 44-32 win over the Buccaneers, but he didn't have a glowing review of his performance during a Tuesday press conference.

Allen was 8-of-17 with two interceptions in the first half of the game and his breakdown of his performance centered on running through a number of plays where he felt he could have done a better job. Allen detailed a number of throws he missed and expressed confidence that he'll be able to put together better performances in the future.

"I didn’t play too well," Allen said. "I don't think so. Obviously, in the second half we got things rolling. . . . There was just too many throws that I feel like I don't miss. There's really no excuse for that. It's just going out there and, again, trusting the guys and I need to make those plays when the opportunities are there. I’m confident that we can still get things going there."

Allen didn't become an NFL MVP by ignoring areas in need of improvement, even if they came during games that featured plenty of highlights. If he's even sharper on Thursday night, the Bills will have a good shot of returning from Houston with another victory.

Titans head coach Mike McCoy announced after Sunday's game that wide receiver Calvin Ridley suffered a season-ended broken fibula in the team's loss to the Texans and Ridley officially landed on injured reserve on Tuesday.

Ridley missed three games with a hamstring injury before returning to action against Houston and ends his season with 17 catches for 303 yards. His final catch of the year came on the first play of Sunday's game and he did not return to the field after suffering his injury on that play.

The Titans filled the open roster spot by signing James Proche off the practice squad. He has appeared in two games this season.

They also signed wideouts Lance McCutcheon and Kristian Wilkerson to the practice squad. The team may need reinforcements at receiver this week with rookies Elic Ayomanor and Chimere Dike also dealing with injuries.