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Peyton Hillis, other RBs work out for Giants

Da’Rel Scott’s return to the Giants lasted one game. On Tuesday, he was waived/injured after coming out of last week’s loss to the Bears with a strained hamstring.

In dire need of another healthy body at running back, the Giants held their weekly Tuesday workouts, bringing in players to take a look at and possibly sign down the road. There is more urgency with this collection of players, though, as there’s an immediate need for a new running back.

The workout included running backs Peyton Hillis, Ryan Torain, D.J. Ware and Jeremy Wright. Ware and Torain are former Giants. There was no signing, but after physicals on Wednesday, the Giants are expected to add one of the backs to the roster.

The running back stable is extremely thin. David Wilson remains out with a serious neck injury. The only remaining running backs on the roster are Brandon Jacobs and rookie Michael Cox. Jacobs sat out Monday’s practice with a slight hamstring strain four days after a 22-carry, 106-yard, two-touchdown performance in a loss to the Bears in Chicago. Jacobs said he should be fine for Monday night’s game against the Vikings. Cox has yet to get an NFL rushing attempt in his first season.

Of the group brought in, Hillis, 27, played for the Broncos, Browns and Chiefs and is the most accomplished. He rose to prominence in 2010 with the Browns, rushing for 1,177 yards and 11 touchdowns and became so popular he won a national voting to be on the cover of Madden NFL 12.

Ware, 28, played for the Giants as a reserve from 2007 to 2011 and spent last season with the Buccaneers. Torain, 27, got in two games last season for the Giants and before that played for the Broncos and Redskins. Wright, 22, played in college at Louisville, was with the Giants for a month in the spring and was signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent, but did not stick on the roster.

The Giants have trailed at halftime in every game this season. It is not a winning formula, which is why Antrel Rolle’s latest battle cry is for the Giants to get ahead early and stay ahead late.

“This is my fourth year being a part of the Giants and what we do is lead,’’ Rolle said Tuesday on his weekly WFAN spot. “Let’s not let that be our mindset that we have to hang in there for dear life at the end of every game and make it so close. Go out there and you blow their ass out early. Put them in a panic mode. Put their backs up against the wall.”