Albany, N.Y. ? Giants linebacker Barrett Green still is seeing red from Saturday’s brawl against the New York Jets, and can’t wait for the rematch Aug. 26.

“There’s going to be a lot of animosity, you can count on that,” Green said Monday. “In the preseason game, there’s no question about the rules, there’s no question about hitting people. They’re going to get hit – hard.”

Saturday’s joint practice with the Jets turned into a free-for-all when three Jets jumped Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey on the second play of a 9-on-7 drill pitting the Giants’ offense against the Jets’ defense.

Later, Giants coach Tom Coughlin and Jets defensive coordinator Donnie Henderson had a heated argument on the field over some hard hits made by Jets defenders.

Most players characterized the brawl as nothing more than blowing off steam after a week of two-a-days. But several Giants players and Coughlin felt the Jets took advantage by playing overly aggressive defense in a practice that was meant to feature tagging instead of tackling.

“Obviously, they had different intentions out there than we did, and it showed,” said Green, a starter who is coming back from knee surgery and sat out both sessions Saturday. “I don’t think there were a whole lot of people over here on the blue side who were too happy about it. They had a few smart comments they made about how that’s how they practice, but we’re very capable of practicing that way, too. But we didn’t get a chance to do that.”

Giants wide receiver Willie Ponder suffered a bruised chest and had to leave the practice after being hit on a route over the middle by Jets safety Kerry Rhodes. And the normally reserved Amani Toomer mixed it up with Jets linebacker Eric Barton after Barton knocked him down on a short pass play.

Ponder said Monday he had recovered enough to take part in Monday’s evening practice.

“Was it out of line?” Ponder asked. “In our coach’s eyes, yeah. In their coach’s eyes, probably not.”