T-Rock's Take on the Giants

This is not me talking, it's Antonio Pierce, who sells his lines awfully well. The team appeared quite loose in the pre-practice drills reporters watched today, though not in an inattentive way. They looked like a bunch of guys happy to still be playing, which they have every right to feel.

Pierce is taking the low-key approach, even if no one's buying his rap this week. A few other Giants have been asked about their underdog status, but it's hard to sense whether confident guys like Tiki and Plaxico really believe it.

Shockey and Seubert practiced and both will play, it seems. Somewhat disturbing is CB Kevin Dockery's addition to the injury report today with an ankle problem. He didn't practice. Who'd have ever thought losing Dockery would be an issue?

But it is now, with Corey Webster on IR. That would leave Frank Walker as the third CB, and as entertaining a guy as he is, he's pretty much a personal foul waiting to happen on the field. Forget his ability to cover a WR, his discipline is not a top priority.

Also one interesting note from Saturday's game that I never did get to address until today: Jared Lorenzen's QB sneak against the Redskins. Lorenzen said the play was added to the offense before John Hufnagel was canned, so Kevin Gilbride can't take full credit for it; the other interesting thing that I admittedly didn't catch was that Eli Manning was also on the field.

Lorenzen said the Redskins were mad because that's an illegal formation, with two in-helmet headsets on the field at once. The officials didn't catch it though. So the next time J-Lo gets on the field, it's his show.

I'll do my game preview tomorrow, but one thing is for certain: The Eagles are a lock. Trust me.