'Friday Five' With Pat Traina

I could care less about Vick’s ‘whining’, but I will at least agree that I cannot recall one Giant complaining about the refs- and there has been plenty to be frustrated about.

Arizona is just an average at best team, and really the big deal with that Jacksonville game was Garrard’s mobility and MJD’s running…something ARZ doesn’t really have. Limit big plays but Fitz is gonna get his…blitz the hell out of Klob and make him look as drunk as he does.

If anything, we should be complaining about the non-calls that aren’t being made. I’m not sure I saw a single defensive play where our guys weren’t being blatantly held. Also, that face mask to Eli was pretty obvious. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad there aren’t more penalties being called and they’re letting the guys play. But it’s clear the refs are missing calls for all the teams, not just singling out Vick. And, I’m pretty sure, that after watching the tape, he can see that there were no late hits, and he was just acting like a little b**ch in his post-losing-game-press conf. The fact is, the Giant’s players are mostly too professional to come out and try to blame someone else for their mistakes.

I do not know if anyone else had this same though here and I apologize if someone did, but I get the sense that the Eagles’ arrogance, especially that of Vick, is the cause for the uproar. They really probably thought they could easily beat the Giants with the mindset of them being the dream team. So when things did not go their way, they start whining like a bunch of sissies. What a joke!

should be a win for us coming off of a great team win last week! Stay focused and no TO’s, we should be good. Again, get the ground game going, ‘cause AZ has been giving up a lot of yardage on the ground then kill them in the air. They have two young CB’s that can be exploited.

This has to be the mantra in the locker room. If this team comes out flat we are in big trouble. Arizona is desperate they don’t want to go 1 and 3 so they will play hard. Also the Giants are flying under the radar You wouldn’t know the Giants clobbered the She Gulls last week as all the media was fixated on that bitch vick crying and not who made him cry. This is just the way I like it. Win games and stay under the radar.

We cannot afford any let down game!

Well, the only thing that matters are the people on this football team and in this organization believe in this football team," Jacobs told reporters after practice. "The people outside that want to say they’re fans and don’t believe in us, I [cannot] care less if they ever believe in us.

“They don’t mean anything to us if they don’t believe in us. They can go back and finish living their miserable lives that they’ve been living and hoping that we lose.”

-Brandon Jacobs

Fewell and Gilbride called and excellent game last week. Hoping it will carry over into this week, especially on the Offensive side of the ball. Must mix it up and make those adjustments.

I will say this… if they come out flat against the Cards, I can almost guarantee you that the drums will start beating for Tom Coughlin’s head.

When is the drum ever not beating for Couglin’s head?

Another TD would be nice but if he can make some solid catches to get us up the field, that’s fine as well. Lets see some consistency.

I’m not sure that Cruz is a slot WR. He looked real good catching the ball near the sideline last week, but hasn’t shown the ability to catch the ball in the middle yet. Not everybody can catch the ball in the middle of the field.

Right now, everyone is saying the right things, but action speaks louder than words.

I think this underscores the entire relationship between the Giants and the media/fans. Nobody is EVER going to come out before a game and say “those guys are scrubs, we’re going to totally dominate them.” Of course they’re going to say all the right things, but we don’t know the real attitude in the locker room. It is 100% on Coughlin to make sure that they stay hungry and continue to play like they want to win.