PRO FOOTBALL REPORT : WEEKDAY UPDATE : AROUND THE NFL : Giants in Playoffs Despite Loss to Eagles

Despite losing in Philadelphia Sunday, the New York Giants became the first team to clinch an NFL playoff berth this season.

The NFL announced that the Giants (10-1), who could have clinched the NFC East title had they beaten the Eagles, were guaranteed at least a wild-card berth.

The worst they could finish is 10-6 with a conference record of 8-4. That would be better than the rest of the NFC teams with six losses.

San Francisco (10-1) remains one win away from clinching at least a wild-card berth because they conceiveably could lose a tiebreaker with New Orleans.

A Tampa, Fla., radio personality, Jason Dixon, is vowing to stay atop a billboard near Interstate 275 until the Tampa Bay Buccaneers break a losing streak that has grown to six games.

Dixon, of WFLZ-FM, began his stay on Nov. 21, expecting to climb down after Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers.

However, a 20-10 loss to the Packers means he’ll remain on a 6-by-10-foot platform at least until Sunday, when the Buccaneers play the Atlanta Falcons in Tampa Stadium.

Dixon, an on-air personality and morning show producer, is not without some of the comforts of home. A radio, television, Nintendo game and sleeping bag are among the items he has with him.