The G-Men don't mess around

By Joe Pantorno

In what can be explained as one of the worst games of football Giants fans have seen in recent memory, the organization gives its fans a reason to be somewhat optimistic.

In a game with six turnovers, two coming as fumbles from David Wilson, a lot of Giants nation was pitted with the same question churning through their noggins. What the h-e-double hockey sticks do we do at running back?

Wilson can't hold onto the ball, Da'Rel Scott couldn't turn his head around quick enough on an Eli Manning screen pass that cost us the game, though he ran somewhat hard. Let's be honest here though, and Chris Collinsworth, who at times I find more insufferable than Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, hit the nail right on the head: Da'Rel Scott should not be a starting running back on the New York Giants.

I went to bed annoyed last night, but found some solace in Tom Coughlin's post-game press conference. That's how you know he's one of the better coaches in the league. Ninety percent of NFL coaches go into that presser and scream their brains out and threaten everything that moves.

Not Coughlin. Maybe seven years ago he might have, but not this Coughlin. He blamed himself, said the right things and it's onto next week.

But as we wake up on this beautiful Monday morning, we saw that the Giants were busy after the game. They have invited Willis McGahee and former Giant, Brandon Jacobs to try out with the team. Big Blue gave the reins to Wilson, who after his fumbling problem early last season, looked to have made his way back into the good graces of Coughlin and the team.

It's one of the reasons they let Ahmad Bradshaw walk and why the team didn't scramble when Andre Brown went down with another leg injury.

Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us and the Giants are telling America right now; don't perform and we'll find something better.

McGahee, a nine-year veteran, rushed for 731 yards in 10 games last season in Denver. The year before, he piled up 1,199.

Jacobs played seven years for the Giants from 2005-2011. After signing with the 49ers last year, he only appeared in two games backing up Frank Gore, rushing for seven yards.

He knows the playbook and can provide a seamless transition straight into the backfield, but there were questions about the severity of his running style the past few years in New York. At times, he chose to try and bounce his runs outside instead of keeping things in the middle and using his size to his advantage.

McGahee is the fourth-leading active rushing leader with 8,097 yards. Playing with the Bills, Ravens before his tenure in Denver, he was able to produce wherever he went. Turning 32 in the end of October, McGahee still has some productive years left.

This might just be to light a fire under Wilson's behind, but either way, the Giants are making a statement that the kind of game they played in Week 1 was beyond unacceptable.