Every highlight-reel play the Giants made yesterday, every lowlight Dallas suffered, brought coach Dave Campo one step closer to being fired and the once-proud Cowboys one step closer to the end of an error.

The Giants handed America’s Team a 37-7 whipping and brought Campo within a single defeat of being only the fourth man since 1970 to open a coaching career with three straight 10-loss seasons. Now the question is how much more impatient owner Jerry Jones can take?

“We didn’t make any progress, if I can be trite,” Jones said. “It’s frustrating for me at this juncture for this team to not show up. I don’t think they did anything [well] for the future. We’ve got to really evaluate where we are.”

Conventional wisdom was that Campo needed to win one of Dallas’ three season-ending division games; after yesterday, sweeping Philadelphia and Washington still might not be enough.

“This game is more about ourselves, about what we are, what we can be in terms of the team evolving positively. We didn’t play as well as we need to,” Jones said. “I’m not as upset about not beating the Giants; I’m more disappointed in what it does and how we evaluate ourselves.”

There are rumors Jones will bring Miami offensive coordinator Norv Turner back to Dallas. Mike Holmgren and Steve Mariucci are longshots. Jones says he wants to see whether the Cowboys play hard down the stretch. That’s bad news for Campo.

“There’s no excuses,” Campo said. “They whupped us. Very disappointing. I didn’t see this coming.”