It appears as if CB Conrad Hamilton, two weeks removed from fearing he would miss the entire season because of a lingering knee injury, will make his first start this season on Sunday against Vikes.

C Brian Williams, who missed the past two games with a sprained knee, expects to start Sunday … WR Cris Carter (ankle) is questionable after making a token start Monday to keep alive his consecutive-games streak (111) … Giants waived K Jose Cortez and signed TE Mark Thomas to practice squad.