defense pulled out the game & picked up the offense... Eli was making some shaky decisions again today... didn't like what i saw from Plax either jawing at the head coach... didn't he learn his lesson from a couple weeks ago?... after he just signed the new contract he wanted he goes & skips out on practice w/o notifying the team & now this... i love the guy as a player but man, be a freakin' professional for God's sakes.

that PIT game is definitely the big 'un... great test to see just where we are as a football team.

Posted by TMS:

Kellen Winslow's spouting off in CLE about his role... we have a need for an upgrade at TE... how about offering up that 3rd rounder, Boss & Moss for Winslow? he may be Jeremy Shockey version 2 someday (attitude included)... what do u guys think?

Winslow is an excellent player but I don't think I want another guy with that kind of attitude. Plax is starting to get out of hand and having both him and Winslow might be a bit too much. It's a tough call.. he's damn good.

Shockey is already crying on New Orleans. He's complaining that the team didn't do enough to heal his injury.

Posted by VDesai:

Winslow is sort of a trainwreck of a human being. He's immensely talented, but he has such a weird personality. BTW, he didn't have a staph infection like he said- looks like all the inside sources are saying he had "blue balls."

I read he had swollen testicles as well. That makes this whole situation even more strange because the Browns have had problems with Staph Infections recently (I think like 4 or 5 cases, which is pretty absurd) and for him to go on a public tirade about how he felt mistreated by the Browns is kinda weird. You would think that the Browns would have said he didnt have a staph infection because that makes the team look pretty bad by having so many cases.

Well the Giants second half was superb. I underestimated their grittiness. Road warriors 4 life!!

I would not characterize that game as Eli playing like crap. That was a huge win by the Giants. In a defensive struggle you don't want to put the ball up for grabs (see playoffs, 2007). Giants should've converted more by the goal line, but they took care of the ball and Ben R. didn't. Huge games by Kiwanuka, Tuck and the D applying big pressure in the 4th q. Giants 4th q was one of the best played q's this year.

TMS- I dont think you have to move anyone, you play the 3 in a rotation just like last year and line up Tuck and sometimes Kiwi inside. And then you also now have the versatility to put Kiwi in there and have him rush standing up. Giving them so many different looks is the strength of this D. Kiwi was at LB partly because we had so many guys, but the situation is different now. That being said I think he would've been a playmaker at LB. He was coming around in the mental part of the game and had the athleticism to do it.

On Ward, you have to wonder why no other team made a serious attempt to sign him after he had a solid year last year. The injury hurt him, but he could've gone to several teams and won a starting job. The more interesting thing this year is Jake will be an FA and they would certainly save a lot of money by going with Ward and Bradshaw (and Danny Ware). I would personally not let Jake walk, but you can make an argument that for no matter how unique Jake is, the rest of the RB's could still put together very consistent production. That may allow you to re-sign Corey Webster- who is playing top notch CB right now and will demand top dollar in the open market (CB is one of the highest, if not the highest paid position in the NFL right now).

Its an interesting decision, but hopefully they can just keep everyone and everyone actually plays up to their new contract, unlike someone who's name rimes with Waxico.

Posted by GKFv2:

I would trade Plaxico in the offseason and go the WR's we have. That will allow us to re-sign Webster and probably Jacobs as well.

as much of a PITA Plax is we shoulda known he'd be this way long before we ever signed him to begin with... he's still a huge weapon for Eli to have whenever he's on the field... the problem is getting him on the field w/Coughlin & him butting heads all the time... wish he'd just get on the program & be a team player like he was last season... u all saw what he can do & he plays injured... he's not a primadonna whiner IMO, just has a problem dealing w/authority figures, but he always comes to play as far as i've seen.