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Giants’ pass rush takes another hit as top DE won’t play vs. Bills

The Giants’ pass rush was bad enough already. Now, Big Blue will have to play in Buffalo on Sunday without their top pass-rusher, defensive end Robert Ayers, who was ruled out with a hamstring injury.

Ayers will miss a second consecutive game after he re-injured his hamstring Wednesday in practice. With Jason Pierre-Paul still recovering from his self-inflicted fireworks injury and the Giants tied for third-worst in the NFL with just three sacks in three games, Ayers is a player they can ill afford to lose.

“He just strained it three-quarters of the way through the [Wednesday] practice,” coach Tom Coughlin said.