Written By Fred Robbins

December 2, 2008

I’ve got to tell you, I really don’t know that much about the situation with Plaxico and I don’t listen to hearsay. I don’t get caught up in it.

All I can tell you is that right now it’s out of our hands, and we still have a season to play. It’s an unfortunate and sad thing that it did happen, but we’ve got to stay focused on what we’ve got going on. We’ve got to look forward and keep pushing. He’s a teammate and I’m here to support him, but I’ve still got a job to do.

This team will not be distracted. We’re big on overcoming adversity and staying focused. There’s always a lot going on and you can’t get caught up in it. We’ve got a good group of guys, and not just the older guys, who lead the team and stay with the job at hand.

Coach Coughlin keeps us all level headed, we have one loss but every game we go into he makes it seem like we just lost last week. The guys know how to follow and know how to lead.

We know what it takes. We had a taste of success last year and we know we can’t let outside distractions get a hold of us because that could break the team apart.

We know what it takes and we’re just going to keep doing what we do best.

Fred Robbins is a starting defensive tackle for the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. His blog for playerpress.com runs at www.fredrobbins98.com.