The Facts: Following up on a previous item. ... Jacobs spent Monday’s practice resting his sore hamstring after a turn-back-the-clock performance on Thursday night at Chicago. “It’s fine,” he said. “Day to day. Just go in and get treatment and do what I gotta do. But I’m not counting on being down. Hamstrings can be tricky. Just when you feel like they’re all healed and ready to go you go out and over-extend and hurt it again. So I’m just taking it precautionary. I don’t think it’s going to be an issue, though.”
Diehards Line:Jacobs, in his ninth season, had 22 carries for 106 yards and two touchdowns in the Giants’ 27-21 loss. It was his first 100-yard game – the 13th of his career – since he ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries in a December 11, 2011 game at Dallas. His 22 rushing attempts were the most since he had 26 carries in a September 7, 2009 game against Tampa Bay. Jacobs, 31, was signed following the Giants’ season-opening loss at Dallas. He was brought in to be an insurance policy in the wake of Andre Brown suffering a fractured leg, in part, because he knew the offense. However, an injury to starter David Wilson and ineffectiveness by Da’Rel Scott elevated him into the starting lineup. And he delivered.