T-Rock's Take on the Giants

Always liked the Anthrax/Public Enemy version of that track... Sadly, I'll only be hearing the noise, not Tha Noize, here in Seattle -- aside from Sir Mix-A-Lot, the Seattle hip-hop scene is lacking. Though if you ever make it out here, get to the Experience Music Project -- it's the best music museum I've been to. Good job by Paul Allen building that.

Moving on... Week 3 predictions:

1. Barber 'N' Brandon will run wild. The Seahawks have a strong pass rush and good interior line play, but Tiki ran for 151 yards here 10 months ago and even though Seattle added Julian Peterson at LB, I don't think the home side is prepared for the Giants rushing attack.

2. Shaun Alexander will run wild. On the flip side, the Giants haven't exactly faced a vaunted ground game yet and the Seahawks have been awful at opening up holes for the MVP. I bet they get it going tomorrow.

3. Antonio Pierce will run wild. If you saw the look on his face after the win in Philly, you'd know that he wasn't happy with himself or his teammates. Pierce barely emerged from the film room all week and seems determined to lead the defense to respectability. Tomorrow he'll be everywhere.

4. Flags will be thrown. Maybe not as many false starts, but it's an epidemic now. The NFL has become an over-officiated league, especially in the biggest games; this is a big game nationally, and I'm afraid it will get screwed up. I'll never understand how seven officials on the field could mean more blown calls than any other sport, but that aspect of the game is here to stay until the league figures out that changing rules every year and reminding officials to enforce the existing ones strictly only means dissatisfaction.

As one NFL exec said to me the other day, who remembers a bad non-call? It's only the bad calls that are memorable, and there's way too many of those.

5. Jay Feely will make two field goals. And he will miss one.

6. The Giants will win. Because their running game is better, their defense will play better and the Seahawks are not as good as everyone thinks they are. Giants, 27-17.