kickoff series with mathias, the two-time super bowl champion isnd pressure like his teammates becausemanagement has said, it's time to man up. we explain >> reporter: after missing the playoffs three of the last four season, every new york giants player is, in the words of jerry reece on notice this season. >> that's nothing new. >> this is the n.f.l. there is always another man in line. we are always on notice about our jobs, about our reputation, about our security in this league because, to be honest with you, there is not a lot of t when your general manager says something like that, everybody's ears poke up a little bit and you make sure, that i mean, you know, matter what happens, we are not going to have another letdown like we did last year. >> late season swoons have become their signature. in the finally three games they have gone a combined 5 and 7. bad luck or something worse? >> at this a position that we create for ourselves, whether it's through lack of focus or lack of passion, whatever, whatever it is, and each individual season we can point back to a certain point wh

i'm raj mathia. >> less than 1,000 officers on the street of san jose. today the department welcomed a new class of academy grads. word is out some are already planning to leave the sjpd before they even ever fight crime in san jose. nbc bay area's marianne favro is live at the department with a closer look at the planned defections. >> reporter: jess, it all comes down to money and benefits. while many of the san jose graduates are now wearing the san jose badge, some of them are already interviewing at other bay area police departments. 0 men and women celebrated a milestone today. they completed san jose police department's four-month academy. today they received their badges and will begin 16 weeks of intense field training to prepare them for solo patrols on the streets of san jose. the question now is how many of them will end up patrolling the streets of other bay area cities. the president of the police officers association says he knows of several graduates who have already applied for jobs in other cities. >> there are some in backgrounds with