"A week ago, there was a concerted effort on the part of the Jets to get Plaxico Burress the ball early and often.

Last night, in the same building formerly known as the New Meadowlands Stadium and now represented by Snoopy, there was a concerted effort on the part of the Giants to deny Burress of getting the ball at all.

You sure got the feeling in the Jets' 17-3 win at MetLife Stadium that the Giants would rather have lost 47-3 than allow Burress to bask in another big night at their expense.

Barring serious injury to any of their key players or a return to the sideline by Ray Handley, the last thing the Giants wanted out of last night's preseason game was their former receiver embarrassing them with the kind of big game he had last Monday night against the Bengals (three catches, 66 yards and a TD).

Burress, whom the Jets signed as a free agent after he was released from the 20-month prison term for illegal gun possession that many believe sabotaged the Giants' 2008 season, had a magical debut with his new team last week. He caught two 20-yard passes, the first of which came on the Jets' opening offensive play from scrimmage, and he made a diving 26-yard TD catch in a driving rain storm.

Last night, it was clear the Giants were bent on making sure that didn't happen again -- and their mission was a success. Burress was shut out, held without a single catch despite being targeted four times.

Burress was targeted three times by Sanchez in the first half, catching nothing because he was covered so tightly it was as if he were running routes in his prison cell."