The Giants look to improve to 6-2 in the NFC East this Sunday against the Houston Texans, a matchup that's as close as you can possibly get to a college homecoming game for Big Blue. The Chicago Bears are playing the Miami Dolphins in Chicago, who are also terrible. It's going to be interesting to see if these two teams look past one another to their scheduled clash the following week, or if they will actually take their opponents seriously and play a full game while limiting mistakes. For the Giants, making sure all personnel remain healthy coming out of this game is a must. What Coach Coughlin must not allow his team to take the field Sunday and play mistake-filled football. The Giants need to take care of business from the opening kickoff, and look like a team that's a playoff contender. They cannot allow the Houston Texans, who are 0-3 this year on the road and in NFC competition, to have any thought of contending against the Giants this Sunday. And the Giants better not come out rusty at the start. Their fans will instantly become restless at the notion that the Texans actually might even put up a fight in this game. The stadium has been quiet over the last few weeks, but it could get ugly if fans are staring at a Giants team struggling in the second quarter against a David Carr captained Texans offense. David Carr is back behind center once again after being benched in the second half of last week's game. He's sure to be fired up. And I know they have a very good receiver in Andre Johnson, but I'm not taking this game seriously. And yes, the Giants will take the game seriously, but they will also be looking to get their guys out of this game healthy and get ready for the big one Sunday night, November 12th, against the ferocious Bears. And I know on any given Sunday you have to respect your opponent, because anything is capable of happening. I'm just not buying it this week. There's no way, NO WAY, that the Texans are going to come up here from the Lone Star state with hopes of knocking off the Giants. I don't say this like a fan, I say this like someone who watches the National Football League. They just don't have the horses to play with the Giants. Even if the Giants are missing some of their key guys, there are no excuses this week. The Giants will roll and get ready for the big Bears showdown. TIME TO SWITCH THINGS UP Now for the Jets. They get a week off to figure out how they lost that game in Cleveland. Some people will say that they were robbed, and that they should have had that touchdown. However, someone still needs to explain to me how you're down by that many points to the Cleveland Browns in a state of turmoil, a team who's pathetic offensive output led to the resignation of its coordinator. In addition, how the Browns were able to find a way to shut down the Jet offense. Now I know the Jets have flaws. I know they are not very efficient running the football. And I know they don't get to the quarterback very well. But this was a perfect opportunity for the New York Jets to improve to 5-3 going into a bye week with the Bears and Patriots waiting in the wings. And even if you're 5-5 after those two games, you're still in good shape. But now the Jets are going to have to think about the debacle in Cleveland, and how they let a 1-5 team take them from being a 5-3 team to a .500 team. I hope they think hard about it. And I hope that finally Eric Mangini figures out, one way or another, that in the NFL you can't let every team run all over you week after week. And if, by some chance, you keep giving up 100-yard games on the ground, eventually you might try something different defensively. Maybe Mangini will use the week off to meet with Bob Sutton and finally agree that the Jets just don't have the personnel to run an effective 3-4 defense. They ought to take a page out of the book of Tim Lewis and the Giants. When things were going wrong coming off the game in Seattle, they went back the drawing board and came up with something different. It's time for Eric Mangini and Bob Sutton to do the same.