Brandon Jacobs Having An Impressive Preseason With Giants

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - There were times in the past year when running back Brandon Jacobs' days with the New York Giants looked numbered.

Upset with losing his starting job to buddy Ahmad Bradshaw last season, and angry with the media for questioning him about it, he was moody all year and in rare form when the Giants packed their bags and left the locker room after missing the playoffs a second straight year.

His last words leaving were - offensive to say the least.

Less than nine months later, Jacobs seems content. He took a pay cut so Bradshaw could re-sign with a team and seems ready to take whatever role coach Tom Coughlin has for him. He also is playing well enough to take over as the starter again.

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