If a win against the banged-up New England Patriots is a statement game, what would a road victory over the undefeated Titans be for the Jets? Wouldn't they love to find out! The Jets travel to Nashville to face the team that ripped off their old nickname in a battle that could be a playoff preview. The Titans are 10-0 and do it with a ground game, a controlled Kerry Collins and a stout defense.......

Photograph of the Giants' Brandon Jacobs being chasd by Ravens linebackers Jarret Johnson and Terrell Suggs by Kathy Willens/AP Giants 30, Ravens 10: The Giants have a great rushing attack, and they don't let anyone forget it. On Sunday, they ran for 207 yards in a one-sided affair. Ahmad Bradshaw had nine carries for 96 yards and Brandon Jacobs had 11 for 73 and two touchdowns. Eli Manning was a mediocre 13-for-23 for 153......

Photograph of Eli Manning, calling signals during the November 2 game against the Cowboys, by Bill Kostroun/AP It doesn’t get any easier for the Giants as they face the 6-3 Ravens tomorrow at Giants Stadium. Baltimore has won four-straight games and sports one of the best defenses in the league, allowing only 16.7 points a game. Like the Giants, the Ravens have three running backs and their rookie quarterback, Joe Flacco, has been solid......

Photograph of the Jets' Laveranues Coles pulling in a reception as New England Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs, left, and linebacker Mike Vrabel move in by Winslow Townson/AP Jets 34 Patriots 31 (OT): Before the game you could have debated if this was a must-win for the Jets. But after taking a 24-6 lead Thursday night, the Jets had no choice but to win this game. New York took the opening drive down the field......

Forget for a second that the teams don't like each other and that the coaches, who once formed a famous mentor-protege relationship, now can't bring themselves to cordially shake hands at the end of games. For once, the bickering and dislike can take a backseat to football. For once, the Jets are a worry to the Patriots. The winner of Thursday night's game will have sole possession of first place in the AFC East and......

Photo of Brandon Jacobs running in the third quarter by AP/Mel Evans; Photo of Thomas Jones, Brett Favre and Tony Richardson celebrate a fourth quarter TD by AP/Bill Kostroun Giants 36, Eagles 31: January may be the next time the Giants play a truly critical game. By beating the Eagles in Philadelphia on Sunday night, the Giants moved to 8-1. More important, however, is their 3-0 record in the NFC East -- a mark......

The Giants face a familiar and dangerous foe Sunday night as they head down to Philly for a clash with the 5-3 Eagles. The key to beating Philadelphia is controlling Brian Westbrook. Westbrook, one of the most dangerous players in the league, is as big a threat receiving as he is running with the ball. Expect the Giants to key on him all day in an effort to keep him under wraps. On defense, Philadelphia......

Playing in the AFC East was once thought to be tough. But New England's Tom Brady out for the year and the NFL's schedule rotation has the division against the two weakest in football -- the NFC and AFC West. That makes things a lot easier. As Bill Simmons said, the NFL did everything for the AFC East except schedule Columbia and Georgetown. The Jets' last easy game for a while comes Sunday against St.......

Giants 35 Dallas 14: The only thing that was going to stop the Giants Sunday was the Giants. New York stacked the line and dared the Cowboys to throw the ball to beat them and Dallas wasn’t up to the challenge. The Cowboys managed fewer than 200 yards on offense and turned the ball over four times as New York put this game out of reach early. The Giants improved to 7-1 overall and 2-0......

Everything is setup for the Giants. Tony Romo is out and Brad Johnson is in as quarterback of the Cowboys. Jason Witten hasn’t practiced all week and has a broken rib. In short, the team that Dallas brings to the Meadowlands tomorrow has little resemblance to the team most people thought would represent the NFC in the Super Bowl this February. Expect the Giants to take advantage of that. One thing that Antonio Pierce has......

Well, maybe the Ravens. But the Jets, despite their winning record, have looked generally dismal in the past several weeks. Other than its 56-point performance against Arizona, Brett Favre's offense has been mediocre. To make matters worse, their schedule, to this point one of the easiest in the league, is about to get a whole lot tougher. If the Jets don't stop playing down to their competition -- if that's really what they have been......

Giants 21 Pittsburgh 14: This was game that lived up to the hype. Both teams left it all out on the field and at the end, the Giants won because they finally took advantage of the breaks the Steelers kept giving them. The first five times the Giants reached the red zone they settled for less than a touchdown. Four times they settled for a field goal and once they turned the ball over on......

This should be a great game. Both the Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers are 5-1. Both teams have quarterbacks from the 2004 NFL Draft who have won the Super Bowl and both teams hope to get back there. Add in the fact that Plaxico Burress is returning to Pittsburgh for the first time since he left and this is truly a must-watch game for any NFL fan. For the Giants, it represents a change in......

They were supposed to win last Sunday against an inferior Oakland team, but the Jets lost a heartbreaker in overtime. At least they were on the road in that one. New York will have no such excuses when it hosts Kansas City on Sunday. They'll be playing an even worse team at home, and, to make matters even easier, will be facing third-string quarterback Tyler Thigpen. Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard, the Chiefs' top two......

Sometimes coaches outsmart themselves. With the Jets trailing by three late in the fourth quarter, Brett Favre drove them down the field and into position to attempt a very distant field goal (52-yards). Jay Feely lined up and kicked the ball, but it hit off the upright. Luckily, for New York, the Oakland coaches had called a time out to try and “ice the kicker”. With a second chance, Feely made a correction in his kicking motion and knocked it through to send the game to OT....

Name the worst teams in the NFL, and chances are the squads picked will appear on the Jets' schedule. Bengals? Check. Chiefs? Later on. Same with the Rams. This week's foe: the mighty Raiders, who are 1-4 and on their second coach this season. The only thing the Raiders are good at is running the ball -- they're fourth in the league. They're toward the bottom in everything else, including 24th in defense. With Brett......

The Giants spent this past week thinking about missed opportunities. They blew a winnable game in Cleveland and blew the chance to open a huge lead in the NFC East. After tomorrow’s game, the Giants play their last 10 games against very good football teams, so getting another win this week is vital. And the Giants should be plenty motivated for this matchup. You can bet that Tom Coughlin spent the week letting his team......

He played his worst game in quite some time, and now Eli Manning says he suffered a chest injury in Monday's 35-14 whupping at the hands of the Browns. The Super Bowl champ threw three interceptions and looked generally awful throughout the game. That includes the before the hit in the third quarter that apparently inflicted the bruise. Manning should practice with the team and play this week at home against San Francisco. He didn't......

Photograph, left, of Browns fans waving a sign after the Giants' loss by Tony Dejak/AP, and photograph, right, of Eli Manning after throwing an interception by Amy Sancetta/AP Cleveland 35 Giants 14: It’s been so long you didn’t recognize him. But, his performance was certainly familiar to any Giant fan. Flushed out of the pocket and making a bad throw, pressured up the middle and chucking it off his back foot, we have all......

Browns’ tackle, Corey Williams, has vowed to “try and knock (Brandon Jacobs’) head off”. That may be the only way to stop Jacobs who is on pace for over 1,400 yards and is averaging almost six-yards a carry. But Jacobs is just part of the story as the Giants have three running backs who can carry the load and weapons all over their league-leading offense. They even get one back tonight with Plaxico Burress returning......

Thomas Jones scored all of two touchdowns -- one rushing and one receiving -- last season. In Sunday's 26-14 win over the Bengals, he found the end zone thrice. The win wasn't as convincing as some may have hoped, especially since Cincinnati was without Carson Palmer, but as Brett Favre said, “I don’t believe in ugly wins. That one felt as good as any win I’ve been a part of in recent memory.” That last......

Things are going well in Jets land. Eric Mangini's wife had a baby. The child has the middle name of Brett and shares a birthday with the Jets' starting quarterback. The team is coming off a bye its biggest offensive output in recent memory. To make things better, the 0-5 Bengals that are coming to face them will be without Carson Palmer thanks to an elbow injury. So a team that made the Cowboys and......

Although the Jets gave their fans a partial reprieve from personal seat licenses by not including upper deck season ticket holders in the scheme, the Jets are charging PSLs for 2,000 of the best seats in the new, under-construction stadium. The Jets have launched a new TV ad to entice fans--and it includes a familiar face: Uh-huh: The Donald (Jets owner Woody Johnson is friends with him). Jets vice-president Matt Higgins tells the Post the......

After the Giants dominated the Seattle Seahawks yesterday, wide receiver Plaxico Burress told reporters he wasn't bothered by his two-week (but really one-game suspension, since the Giants had a bye for one week). Newsday reports Burress, who was punished for missing team meetings, said, "I didn't lose any sleep over it. I got me some rest. I was able to get away for a little while, chill out and relax. Things like that happen." He......

Photo, left, of Sinorice Moss celebrating with Amani Toomer after a third-quarter TD reception and photo of Giants fan at Giants Stadium, right by AP/Kathy Willens Giants 44 Seattle 6: New York took control of the game with their opening series and never looked back as they destroyed Seattle on Sunday. Starting with the ball on their own nine, it took only four plays for the Giants to lead 7-0 after Eli Manning connected......

Photograph of New York Rangers' Paul Mara, left, confronting Tampa Bay Lightning's Mark Recchi, right, after the game by Petr David Josek/AP Rangers 2 Tampa Bay 1: Last season it was the power play, or lack of one, that did the Rangers in. In the first game of the 2008-09 season, it looked like that storyline would continue, despite the multitude of new faces for New York. With just over seven minutes left in......

The Giants went from a good team to the best team in the NFL without playing a game. With the Cowboys loss last week, all the experts are jumping on the New York bandwagon. Now the question is can the Giants live up to the hype? On paper at least, the Giants shouldn’t have much trouble with the Seahawks. Seattle is good at running the ball, but not good at passing it. That should change......

Florida 4 Mets 2: Where do you go from here? While 2008 is not as bad as 2007, the fact is the Mets blew a 3-1/2 game lead with 17 to play. For all the talk about the bullpen, or lack thereof, they managed only five runs during the final weekend series with the Marlins. Some changes have to be made, but it seems stupid not to officially hire the manager who led them to......

Who says a bye week needs to be boring? The Giants announced today that they have suspended Plaxico Burress for one game, meaning the star receiver will miss the game against Seattle on Oct. 3. Burress apparently missed a team meeting on Monday and then failed to return “several” phone calls. He met with Tom Coughlin and Jerry Reese this morning and was told he was suspended. Because the Giants have a bye week, Plaxico......

Chargers 48, Jets 29: Talk about blown out of the water. David Barrett's interception return gave the Jets a 7-0 lead. Then the Chargers got a field goal and another quick touchdown before Antonio Cromartie returned a Brett Favre interception -- one of two on the day -- for a touchdown. The Jets errors in this game included a lost fumble, a missed onside kick and generally sloppy defense. The final score reflects a wide-open......