I’ll say it again; the number one sport in this country is football. And the number 2 sport in this country is waiting for football to start. And watching Eli Manning’s dome leak all over the new turf in their new 1.6 billion dollar crib last night; well, the wait is over. It’s not football season until someone bleeds from the head. Did that really just happen in a preseason game? I haven’t seen Eli get that jacked up since he took a shot as a rookie against the Eagles. Manning outsmarted himself, changing up at the line, but refusing to tell his back Brandon Jacobs and in the process, became the first player in the history of the league to get jacked up by a tailback, a d-end and a safety, all on the same play. Nastiest garden state beat down since Ronnie put that chump to sleep on the pavement back in season one of the Shore. Eli was like, that’s three shots, kid just three shots/ (although Eli probably wasn’t sure if he was Peyton, Archie, Cooper or Olivia after that shot).

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Think Rex Ryan and the Jets enjoyed drawing that first blood very much against the franchise they’re looking to rip the city from? It was all good, until a no name free agent turned their secondary inside out and embarrassed them completely in the second half. Darrelle Revis’ price just went up and while it was just an exhibition game, it’s clear they’re not winning anything that matters without him.

You’d think they would have had someone who could cover an undrafted free agent. But watching Victor Cruz abuse their secondary for a buck forty five and three house calls, it’s clear they didn’t. Then again, how do you prepare for a guy you’ve never heard of, the hood champ Bart Scott said, “I don’t know who #3 is, but he looked like Randy Moss out there with those 3 touchdowns.” That’s how undrafted and off the radar Cruz is. They couldn’t even hook him up with a wideout number, number 3?! Did they expect him to kick the point after those touches? Was he the emergency Q.B.? Feel free to hook the man up with a teen or an 80’s digit. He’s earned it. And considering the junk he was running before the game, how did the Jets not know this guy: “You kind of always want to beat the crap out of them.” When Vic? In Madden? You had never even played the Jets before last night. Normally, I would say, hey rook; carry some pads, study your playbook and stop bumping your gums. But Vic Cruz can say whatever he wants after last night’s ownage. He even got LeBron James’ attention; the King tweeted: “Undrafted rookie from umass. He’s gonnna have a job this year for sure.” Thanks Jerry Reese. But that’s the first thing James has said this offseason that I agree with.