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TOOMER MAY BE FACING FINAL DAYS AS A GIANT

Amani Toomer sat on a stool in front of his locker, shirtless, and flexed his finely-toned upper body, thrusting both arms up into their air so that his muscles strained and bulged.

“Free agency!” he said excitedly, breaking into a slight smile.

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He was goofing on himself more than expressing great excitement about that prospect, but what is sure to come for the leading receiver in Giants history is no laughing matter. Toomer is 34 years old and completing his 13th NFL season, all with the Giants, and is eager to head into the playoffs and shoot for a second consecutive Super Bowl. It’s never been better to work at Giants Stadium, but this is likely the last roundup for a proud and classy player who might not be wanted back.

“It’s kind of a touchy topic that I really don’t feel comfortable talking that much about,” Toomer said yesterday.

Ever since the grand upset victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, Toomer has seen many of his teammates receive lucrative contract extensions. There have been no talks at all with Toomer, which is telling, and he admits at times he has wondered, “What about me?”

“You always think that, but it’s something you can’t really focus on those type things just because of the fact we’ve still got a couple of games to play, hopefully, and we’ll see what happens,” Toomer said.

He makes $3.1 million this season and has never before played out his contract. He will this year and really has no idea if there’s any interest from the Giants.

“It’s the business part of it, I’ve never been a free agent,” he said. “I’m going to look at it as an exciting time for me. It’s going to be a different experience for me. That’s all I really can say.”

Toomer finished second on the team in catches (48) and receiving yards (580) and tied for second with suspended Plaxico Burress with four touchdowns.

It is unlikely Burress will play again for the Giants and what’s left is a collection of young receivers: Steve Smith, Domenik Hixon, Sinorice Moss and Mario Manningham. There’s not a No. 1 receiver in the bunch. Toomer is not that any more and his production has dropped in each of the past few seasons. Nevertheless, he clearly is not done and remains in prime shape, though he is now more of a possession receiver.

“I felt it could have been a lot better, personally,” Toomer said of this season. “It ended up the way it did, but I can’t say I’m really satisfied with how I . . . I can’t say I was really satisfied. I just think it’s probably a little bit of everything. There’s a couple of plays there I felt I could have held on to ’em a little bit more. Other than that I think this year I was a little bit more consistent than I was last year in terms of the amount of opportunities to the amount of plays I made. I felt pretty good about that.”

When his decreased productivity is mentioned, Toomer quickly adds, “I say turn on the film, that’s what I say.”

Toomer said he wants to stay and finish out his career with the Giants, and for years has given the team not an ounce of trouble, as opposed to Burress, who constantly broke rules and irritated coach Tom Coughlin and before this season was rewarded with an extension.

“I don’t know,” Toomer said non-seriously, “maybe I should have held out in mini-camp.”

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Three starters who missed the regular-season finale in Minnesota were back at practice: CB Aaron Ross (concussion), TE Kevin Boss (concussion, ankle) and DT Barry Cofield (knee). Seven players were held out. . . . Coughlin gave the team off today for New Year’s Day and will have a morning practice tomorrow before the players are off for the weekend. . . . WR Paul Raymond of Brown University was signed to the practice squad.

paul.schwartz@nypost.com