EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants' four-game winning streak and the Dallas Cowboys' recent struggles mean Sunday's game between the teams at MetLife Stadium will carry a level of significance that once seemed impossible.

This is not lost in the Giants' locker room, where Sunday night defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul fired up some very confident-sounding talk about the matchup.

"We're going to put it on them, man," Pierre-Paul said after the Giants' 27-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers, in which he returned an interception 24 yards for a touchdown. "I'm pretty sure the offense is going to get going. The defense is going to get going even more. And the special teams will contribute to it.

"It's going to be a fight. It's going to be a dogfight. There's going to be a lot of blood spilled out there."

The Giants (4-6) began the season with a 36-31 road loss to the Cowboys. That was Pierre-Paul's first game back after missing the preseason following back surgery, and afterward he said he was disappointed not to be able to play at full strength because of how important games against the Cowboys are to him. He blocked a field goal to clinch a win at Dallas in December 2011, helping the Giants en route to their latest Super Bowl title, and he returned a Tony Romo interception for a touchdown in last season's game in Texas.