T-Rock's Take: Inside the Giants

Should be nice and toasty around game time, which may ensure that Aaron Ross stays on the field... Kid likes the warm weather.

No word yet on Plax, but safe to assume he'll play. He may not hate missing practice, but he does hate missing games.

And the minor roster move yesterday -- waiving DE Marquies Gunn and activating RB Robert Douglas -- might mean a couple things: Either that TC is happy with his other three DEs, or more likely that Mathias Kiwanuka will be lining up with his hand on the ground more often today.

As for some recent questions... Sid: I think Pierce, like a lot of LBs in this league, gets exposed when he gets caught in space trying to defend the pass. He'll never be a Ray Lewis, a guy who makes up for some scheme mistakes by being a superior athlete; Pierce's greatest strength is being the anchor of a sound defense. And, without trying to draw any air-horn fire, this has not been a sound defense for the majority of Pierce's time with the NYG.

He knows where to be when almost everyone else knows where to be -- if you think about some of his big plays, like his fumble return for a TD against the Cowboys a couple years ago, it came from Kendrick Clancy making the play and Pierce being in the right place.

I'm not too into making predictions this season, for the simple reason that I don't think you all much care about them. I picked the Giants as my best bet in the paper on Friday, though, because I don't think this team is as bad as they've shown.

Back with inactives in a few hours.