Brandon Jacobs: "I have a lot on me right now ... it's not good"

Brandon Jacobs said that his helmet accidentally flew into the stands at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday night after he attempted to slam it onto the team’s bench. Whether or not you buy the apology he gave – he insisted it was from the heart and his explanation seems reasonable – the question remains about his slamming his helmet anywhere.

“First of all, we were losing the game and I was mad because no one wants to lose,” Jacobs said of his frustration. “I kind of lost my cool.”

But there is, of course, more to Jacobs’ anger. He has been demoted to second string behind Ahmad Bradshaw and has voiced his disappointment in that.

“I have a lot on me right now, you know what I mean?” Jacobs said. “It’s not good. I just want to forget about all of this. I hope the people around here accept my apology. It was a real apology and coming from the heart.

“I want to play a ton,” he added, “but like I said, there’s nothing I can do about that. I just go out there and play when my number is called and that’s it. There’s nothing more I can do about that.”

After the helmet incident, Jacobs did not return to the game. He got very angry when asked about that decision in the locker room, especially since it had already been asked of Tom Coughlin.

“Didn’t you ask coach that question?” he sneered. “Then why the hell are you asking me. You think we don’t communicate? Come on man.”

He also said an expletive in the middle of that answer.

Later, Jacobs calmed down and answered the question the same way Coughlin did. He said that the Giants offense had to go into a no-huddle mode and he is not a part of that package.

Earlier he was asked about Coughlin’s frustration in him for trying to bounce a run outside and again changed tone from repentant to rage.

“Go ask him,” Jacobs growled. “That’s how you find out. Go ask him.”

We did.

“We see too much of that, that east and west stuff,” Coughlin said. “Find some place to go and get up. Get up north.”