T-Rock's Take on the Giants

Brandon Jacobs said he has a goal for the upcoming season: To play in all 16 games.

“I think I’ve proven myself as far as me playing and I can get it done,” he said. “But there is a doubt in a lot of peoples’ minds whether or not I can stay healthy, so I’m going to give that to people too. There are doubts all over the place, man. You just have to beat them.”

Jacobs missed time during the 2007 season with a sprained MCL against the Cowboys in the opening game of the year and then a hamstring injury against the Lions.

“Somebody got blocked into the side of me in Dallas, that very, very, very, very seldom happens,” he said of his first ailment. “Then I jumped in the air against Detroit and pulled my hamstring jumping in the air. How dies that happen? I have no idea but it happened. It’s a freak thing that happened. I’m back to prove myself and show that I can go 16 games and do what I do.”

Jacobs also had a procedure on his wrist during the offseason, something that came to light when he showed up at a Knicks game at MSG wearing a cast.

“My wrist is good,” he said. “There was never nothing big about it, it was just something that had to be cleaned out.”

Jacobs then added a quick statistical interpretation, saying that he ran for 1,009 yards while missing five and a half games and the NFL leader ran for only 1,474. If he’d remained healthy, Jacobs inferred, he’d have finished the season with 1,513 yards.