We heard for two years. We heard it in the off-season. We heard it last week. And we heard it before the game. Some big-mouth, big-bellied coach told us all how great the Jets were, that they were going to win the Super Bowl, and that the Giants were their little brothers. The classless Jets even resorted to covering up the Giants' Lombardi trophies with black cloth before the game. However, as a classy Tom Coughlin would say: Talk is cheap. Play the game.

Despite missing Terrell Thomas, Jonathan Goff, Clint Sintim, Osi Umenyiora, Marvin Austin, and several other defensive backs, the Giants won. Despite missing Will Beatty, Mario Manningham and Jake Ballard, the Giants won. Despite Justin Tuck having injuries all over his body, the Giants won. Despite the Jets getting the benefit of three horrible calls, the Giants won. (Two of the reversals should not have been reversed, and the Santanio Holmes fumble which was ruled incomplete and subsequently not challengeable.) So, who is the Big Brother and who is the Little Brother?

The Giants might have knocked out the two self-proclaimed Dream Teams. The Giants have assured that Eagles that they will be playing golf next week. They also gave the Jets and their inept blowhard coach Rex Ryan a reality check and a possible fatal wound.

The Giants are far from perfect and their team still looks out of sorts. On the offensive side of the ball, there were still too many drops. Suddenly, Hakeem Nicks can't catch anything and Ramses Barden continues to drop balls. Eli Manning and his receivers seemed to be on the wrong page with respect to reads and the running game didn't get started until the second half. This will need to be improved if the Giants are going to beat the Cowboys on Sunday night.

Defensively, the Giants played a great game, finally. They shut down the run and shutdown a big-mouth Plaxico Burress. They made Mark Sanchez make mistakes while averaging roughly four yards per attempt. The only Jet who could hang his head high was the incomparable Darrelle Revis.

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-- BRAD BERKOWITZ
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