"It wasn't too long before the last vestiges of emotion were dripping out of the Giants after their come-from-ahead-and-then-from-behind 24-20 victory over the Patriots when Antrel Rolle wanted to look back at his bold comments of a few days earlier.

"Their team is outstanding,'' Rolle said of the Patriots. "We're a great team also. That's the only thing I wanted to preach during the week. Yeah, we have a tough schedule, but our schedule also has to worry about us. This can help us build our team chemistry, help us know we're going to fight to the finish.''"