Jacobs: "I'm Playing"

[realstandman]

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/giants/2008/12/jacobs-im-playing.html

Brandon Jacobs said today he will be playing in the Giants’ NFC showdown against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday night.

In fact, he added, he could’ve played last Sunday night, too.

Jacobs, who sat out the Giants’ loss in Dallas with an injured left knee, said all that this morning, while backstage at an event in Columbus High School in the Bronx. According to Blue Screen correspondant Matt Gagne, Jacobs was talking to a group of teachers when he was asked if he’d be OK for the game.

“Yeah,” he said. “I’m playing this weekend. I should have played last week, but with playoffs coming up, you know …”

Though Tom Coughlin had said Jacobs wasn’t healthy enough to play in the Giants’ 20-8 loss to the Cowboys, the Giants were also being cautious with their No. 1 back. Jacobs had said a week of rest would help his knee, and the Giants wanted him healthy for the Panthers game and for the playoffs.

On Monday, Coughlin said he wasn’t sure if Jacobs would be able to practice tomorrow.

[Delhomeboy]

Aww, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan...............

[PanthaSan]

I ain't skeerd...

[Snake]

So what we have shut down the best backs in the leauge he is no diffrent and prob want be 100%

[Brandon]

Well against Philly they didn't do much with him in for the first half. We know what we need to do in order to stop the Giants, now we need to execute.

[Delhomeboy]

I ain't skeerd...

Your avatar is what scares me.

[hepcat]

Good. I want the Panthers to whip the Giants with all their best players (Minus the ones in legal trouble)

[Ncstatefan]

We can and will stop him.

[pantherclaw]

Sweet, no excuses.

[the butch]

He's not even a top tier back. I don't get it. He's just big and can mow over people. That doesn't make you good. That just makes you big. As long as we hit hard we'll be alright. We've been stopping the run game all year. All teams do is pass on us, and our corners can, hopefully, hang with their receivers.

[omgwtf]

Hope Kemo can play this weekend.

[engine9]

Looked to me like the absence of Burress hurt them worse than Jacobs absence.

[Kettle]

So what we have shut down the best backs in the leauge he is no diffrent and prob want be 100%

Have you seen this guy? He is much different than the rest of the backs in the league. He's a linebacker that decided he wanted to be a RB. I really hope you are right, but I fear him just running our D over. much like when NY faced the ravens.

[dksmith17]

I can't wait for Brandon Jacobs to meet Chris Harris.