Week 5 Preview

- From WFAN, Mike Francesa say: When the Giants get too positive, they don't play well. The Jets have been knocked around and have their backs against the wall, the Giants are the darlings of the city at this point. "The Jets will be inspired this week, the Giants don't play well when they're playing with prosperity." That's kind of quoting and paraphrasing. It's a good point. This is a team that really gets annoying when they start patting each other on the back. Remember guys: the first two weeks you sucked. Keep a running loop of Pam Oliver telling you how much you suck; maybe it'll keep you motivated. God knows Coughlin doesn't seem to know how to do that.
- Umenyiora missed practice, which is maybe understandable after the monster game he had last week. He's expected to play, which should make Chad Pennington verrrry nervous.
- Plax didn't practice either, which is becoming a pattern. He's having a great year so far, scoring in each of the past three weeks. So maybe he doesn't need to practice.
- Strahan had a meek little practice session but should play. He's been better but he's not the real threat on this team at this point, Osi is.
- Chad could get destroyed in this game. The Giants biggest worry should be beating themselves with "Hey! We're the greatest defense ever!" bullshit. Strahan: YOU ARE NOT AS GOOD AS LAWRENCE TAYLOR. Osi: great job last week. Same to your teammates. BUT IT'S ONLY WEEK 5. YOU HAVE A LOT OF GAMES LEFT. I don't trust Coughlin to really get in there and keep them in line; his much-vaunted "disciplined approach" hasn't seemed to manifest itself into actual disciplined play on the field. Get Pam Oliver to give the pre-game speech. Her, they listen to.