AFP - Coming off narrow victories with only three days of rest, the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants will take their fight for a division title into US Thanksgiving holiday games on Thursday.

The Cowboys, who rallied late on Sunday to edge arch-rival Washington 7-6 and improve their record to 7-3, will play host to Oakland (3-7) while the Giants (6-4), who outlasted Atlanta 34-31, will visit slumping Denver (6-4).

The only other matchup on the traditional National Football League holiday slate finds Green Bay (6-4) at Detroit (2-8). The Packers beat San Francisco 30-24 while Detroit rallied in the last seconds to edge Cleveland 38-37.

Dallas quarterback Tony Romo sparked a late-game drive for the winning touchdown despite a severely bruised back but Cowboys coach Wade Phillips expects Romo to play against the Raiders.

The NFC East-leading Cowboys won for the third time this season when trailing after three quarters after going 1-6 in such games last year.

"Knowing how to win is really important for the football team, but knowing how to win under pressure is even more so," Phillips said.

"We've won five out of the last six and three of those have been come from behind in the fourth quarter. I think that's significant because you have to be able to do those things to win."

The Cowboys know they must revive their attack after managing only seven points in each of their past two games.

"We know we can get it back on track. It's a matter of us focusing and executing," said receiver Patrick Crayton. "We know we have to pick it up. It would be good for us to come out on Thursday and be sharp and be crisp. It has to look like we are doing something out there."

The Giants hope to take advantage of a Broncos team that has dropped four games in a row after a 6-0 start, but that means trying to repair their own defensive issues on the fly by putting two days of practice work into one.

"We went over the main things we made mistakes on. Other than that we got right on to Denver," New York cornerback Terrell Thomas said.

"There are some benefits to this," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said of the short week. "Guys have a full run and stretch and they work their way through some of the soreness (that) naturally occurs this time of year."

With less practice time, the mental aspect of preparation will be tested as well as the physical, Giants quarterback Eli Manning said.

"Guys are going to have to do a lot of studying on their own," Manning said. "We're not going to have the luxury to run through every play we have in the game plan this week so guys are going to have to take a lot of mental reps. But we can do it."

And each team has the same situation. While the Giants come off a tough victory, Denver has to bounce back from a 32-3 loss to San Diego that cost the Broncos the AFC West lead.

"You just have to be able to adjust and make do with what we're given," said defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka. "We also get a chance to turn around and get right back at a game coming off a win. It can be a real positive thing for us because we're still feeding off that win. Our mental state should be good."

The long weekend features a Monday showdown with perennial power New England at unbeaten New Orleans as the 10-0 Saints face what could be their toughest test yet.

The only other NFL unbeaten side, Indianapolis, carries a 10-0 record into Sunday's game at Houston, which only lost on a missed last-second field goal kick in their first meeting.

Sunday's other games find Carolina at the New York Jets, Miami at Buffalo, Cleveland at Cincinnati, Tampa Bay at Atlanta, Seattle at St. Louis, Washington at Philadelphia, Kansas City at San Diego, Chicago at Minnesota, Jacksonville at San Francisco, Arizona at Tennessee and Pittsburgh at Baltimore.