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Spread the news: The methodical Giants offense is powering through the NFL’s toughest division thanks to an unwavering line that puts opponents on their backs and rules the locker room THE Giants won last season’s Super Bowl and 10 of their first 11 games in 2008 but did not fully move into the

For the New York Giants, life without Plaxico Burress began long before the gunshot wound that ended his season. It started in September when Burress was suspended for a game after missing team meetings. It continued even after the Super Bowl XLII hero returned, only to get benched for a quarter against Pittsburgh after skipping a medical treatment.

It's been 13 weeks since the season started, and four since my last posting of the top 25 fantasy football players in the game. As I mentioned last time, this list is based on a non-PPR league that Matt and I are in, which follows pretty standard scoring rules.

• Jacksonville Jaguars lineman Richard Collier speaks out for the first time since being shot 14 times & having his leg amputated. • Since the Rose Bowl’s been like a second home to USC lately, the Trojans will wear their red home unis when visiting UCLA this Saturday.

Brandon Jacobs and some of his Giants teammates were trying to help take some of the heat off teammate Plaxico Burress and his ongoing firearms case, but they may have brought a whole lot of negative attention on themselves, instead.

The New York Giants are nothing but targets right now it seems. Plax shoots himself, Steve Smith got robbed last week and so, intrepid reporters are talking to the rest of the Giants to see how the players handle their own security. Take Brandon Jacobs, the 6′4″, 264 lb behemoth who loves to run over linebackers and safeties who is worried about his own safety.

Now that Plaxico Burress is done for the year, players like Derrick Ward will continue to help the Giants win. Look at how much their offense has changed from this point last year. FOX Sports posted 72 minutes ago from msn.foxsports.com Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: NFL,

Plaxico Burress spoke with teammate Brandon Jacobs yesterday and, according to Jacobs, “was laughing and grinning.” Burress probably won’t be laughing or grinning this morning. That’s when the Giants wide receiver is expected to surrender to New York City police and be charged with criminal

Maybe it was the wind and the rain in the Meadowlands, but the New York Jets and Brett Favre came crashing back to earth, ending a five-game winning streak. The Broncos are the most Jekyll and Hyde team in the NFL. Last week they get crushed at home by the Raiders and then they return the favor, by humbling a New York team that won in New England and Tennessee on consecutive weeks.

Sorry for the lack of a week 13 start and sit column on Friday. The holiday weekend took the wife and I to rural Eastern Shore Maryland and there was no high-speed internet access for miles. Yes, people still do use dial-up. But I do have a few suggestions for you guys this morning.