Pavano gets sued and leaves camp: Carl is definitely keeping things interesting. Yesterday, Pavano was sued by the victim of his infamous car crash last August. As if that wasn’t enough, Carl left the team right before his scheduled start last night for “personal reasons”. Brian Cashman would not elaborate beyond that, but he did confirm that the lawsuit and Pavano’s absence were not related. Hopefully, whatever kept Carl out of camp can be resolved......

All season long the Giants have benefited from flying under the city’s radar. Despite their 4-1 record, the Giants are not spectacular and New York has been distracted. The Yankees have been gagging all over themselves in a very public fashion. The Jets are undefeated and a zero in the loss column gets everybody all hot and bothered. With the undefeated Jets and Pats playing each other on Sunday, this week’s tilt against the Lions......

So what have we at Gothamist learned this week? Other than the red head from Sex in the City has a girlfriend? First off, we know the Browns are banged up, with Kellen Winslow and Courtney Brown not playing, but the big story is � drumroll please � the Giants offense stinks. Seven turnovers should certainly get you more than 20 points, but we know that wasn't the case against the Skins. Now the troops......

We at Gothamist admit that we took the Redskins in the pool this week and spent the last week ripping the Giants after their shellacking at the hands of Philadelphia. We also admit to booing after the Redskins scored an easy touchdown in the first quarter this Sunday and the Giants looked typically pedestrian on offense. But you know what? The Giants responded. As all Giants fans know, defense sets the tone and the defense......