Week 5 vs NYJ - notes, 2nd half

• This isn't looking good. Jacobs being back is good, I guess, but the Jets shouldn't be having their way with the Giants like this. Eli is the big surprise. I thought Plax was sooo much taller than the Jets defenders. They have no one who can stop him. Um...
• Pennington is better than McNabb? Nah. Better O-line? Maybe. But also maybe the D was playing under the gun last week and this week they're the princes of the city.
  
• Nice toss to Plax. Eli moved, had time, hit his man.
• BJ is good, I'll give him that. Ward is the real surprise. They shouldn't jump back to Jacobs just because the guy they wanted to be the guy is healthy.
• Big, long TD run for Jacobs! Still got the ball in that precarious spot.
• Tynes... MAKES THE EXTRA POINT! So exciting.
  
• Leon Washington. TD. Kickoff return. 2nd time this year. So, you know, it should have come as a surprise to the Giants. 24-14. The football gods giveth, and they taketh away.
  
• Aside: hey, the Saints are winning. And look, the Browns scored. Just a field goal, but OK.
  
• The offense does look better, which is nice, and Eli probably has more than a zero-point-zero rating. But we gotta score here.
• The phrase "Pennington - back to work" should not make the opposing team nervous. Yet, today it does.
• So today the defense looks human. Maybe a B so far. B-. Somehow I knew this wasn't the world-beating crew that it looked like. They did stop the Jets finally. There's a phrase you don't hear very often.
• The Giants' return game really does suck. With everything else that was going on the past 4 weeks I didn't really notice.
• Proof that nobody knows anything - Gus Frerotte is having a good day for the Rams, Reggie Bush is still mediocre, and Chad Pennington is beating the hell out of the Giants.
• Once again, Plax is playing well in the 2nd half. He already doesn't practice; maybe he shouldn't even play until after halftime.
• Oh yeah, the ankle sprain too. So he plays best when he's hurt and skips practice. Seriously, let's let him work from home for the first half. He can show up around halftime.
• Aside: The Browns have 10 points! 10 whole points! And the Chiefs are being shut out. By the Jaguars.
  
• Shockey scores! First one this season. Much as I don't like him, the team does play better when he's playing well. 3 points game.
  
• I'm not kidding, every time Tynes kicks I get a twinge of panic.
• Somehow when Shockey drinks Gatorade out of a clear bottle, you can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, somebody peed in it.
• 5 yards for the Jets this half. On offense, of course. Still.
• Maybe Thomas Jones isn't that good. I always thought he was but he does seem to lack that extra whatever that makes a great player.
• Oooo! Almost a great pass by Chadwick. Coles was maybe a touch overthrown. Even Chad says: "Oh!"
• HOW DO YOU LEAVE COLES OPEN AFTER HE'S BEEN MOST OF THE OFFENSE ALL FREAKIN' DAY???
• BUT! CHAD! THROWS! A! PICK! Right to a Giant defender!
• Not clear what he was thinking there. It must be tough to have all those enormous dudes running at you, so panic happens, but it happens a lot to some players.
• Bad call and another lost challenge for Cough. He was in the end zone. I don't think I get that rule, and now the ball is on the 1 instead of the 20.
• BUT the Jets hold Plax, and that puts them on the 6.
• 3rd and 1. My guess - running play. This time, it works. Ward runs right through the Jets.
• Ooof. Nasty facemask. That hurt.
• Wait, it was a collar grab. Not as bad, although still a foul.
• Burress BIG TD! Dances (literally) down the sideline, doesn't step out, and he SCORES! Giants take the lead.
• A little bit too soon to celebrate for him, he could've been stopped.
• AGAIN with Tynes. Heart skips a beat. 4 point game.
• What a difference a half makes. First half, 16 yards. Second? 323. Crazy stat. Maybe the whole team can skip the first half. Just let a Pop Warner team play, then after halftime, the
  
• Why wasn't Chad sacked there? How do you go from 12 sacks to none? No wrapping up by the tackler. What have we been saying? Cough, my line is open if you want to talk. If almost turned into a one-handed grab by Brad "What Position Is He?" Smith but he was out of bounds.
• Aside: the Panthers tied it up? Man the Saints stink this year.
• Isn't it amazing how quickly a game can start to look like a blowout? 3rd & 16, and you'd never know the Jets were having their way with the Giants earlier.
• Of course, then Brad "WR - for now" Smith gets the long first down.
• NICE INTERCEPTION! Who was that? Aaron Ross. 2nd one today, this one for a TD. Girlfriend is a sprinter, or something. Tynes kicks (gulp), makes it, and it's 35-24. Ross just lept in front of the ball, came out of nowhere. NOW it looks like a blowout.
  
• 1st sack of the game, by Osi, of course. There's a sign for the stadium: "OSI - OF COURSE!" OK, maybe not. I guess D'Bricky is doing a good job.
• Aside: Holy crap, the Saints lost. 0-4. Drew Brees, no TDs, 2 picks. Next: a comet hits the Earth.
  
• That's it fellas. Giants take it. It was scary for awhile but they pulled it out. Droughns does some mop up work, and that's all she wrote. Next up: some really crappy teams.