I felt my opportunities were kind of limited, so to speak, and at times I kind of felt (like I was) playing in shackles,

He's kind of got a little quiet 'Eli swagger' about him. You can actually sense that he's being more vocal and he understands that it's his team.

Everybody knows we just put up probably the ugliest 400 yards that an offense can put up. I've never been on a team where we can just put up 300, 400 yards so easily and make it look so ugly. That just goes to show that if we can just go out and be flawless, nobody will be able to stop us.

Now, I have the opportunity to catch more balls and I relish the opportunity, ... It's something I've always wanted. I think I needed a change. It was like 'Groundhog Day,' doing the same thing over and over again. What better place could I be than to come to New York and try to put everybody to the side and say, 'This is who I am.'

The regular season is here now so you don't have time to worry about none of that anyway, ... You've just got to go out and you've got to make it right. You can't sit back and say 'Oh, we've got time.'

[Arizona at NY Giants: 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Giants by 3 – Plaxico Burress left Pittsburgh in free agency because all the Steelers did was run. Now, the veteran receiver is looking to make a connection with second-year quarterback Eli Manning.] Hopefully, ... that Manning-to-Burress thing can be a big thing around here.