NFC East Blog: Can someone give Brandon Jacobs his helmet back?

by Bill Young

There were two clashes between NFC East and AFC South teams. The AFC South emerged victorious both times proving their supremacy as the Colts destroyed the Giants and the Texans came back to beat the Redskins in OT. What does this say about the teams? The Texans are a solid team. The Redskins need a running game--fast. Unfortunately, the injury to Trent "silverback" Williams will not help matters when they play the Rams next week. The Colts played a good game and it was enough. The Giants are a shell of the Super Bowl team that beat the Patriots.
This brings me to the incident that happened with RB Brandon Jacobs in the 3rd quarter of last weeks game. Intentional or not, Jacobs threw his helmet into the stands while the game was going on. Half of the third quarter went by as the Giants attempted to rally against the Colts. Ahmad Bradshaw, the current top running back for the Giants was getting tired as Jacobs waited to get his helmet from Colts' security guards. As Bradshaw wore down, the Giants' comeback fizzled and the TV cameras only show was Jacobs watching the security guards wrestling for his helmet from the fans.
Should he have gotten his helmet back? I think not. All indications are that he wants out of New York. Generally, in other sports, a player about to be traded sits out games. Jacobs shouldn't have been in any way, so why give him his helmet back. Let the fans keep the souvenir. If baseball fans keep foul balls and tennis fans keep tennis balls in the stands at pro tournaments, then why can't an NFL fan keep a helmet?