The New York Giants will face off towards their MetLife Stadium co-tenants, the New York Jets, this Saturday night time of their annual preseason assembly.
The sport will shut out the preseason for each groups, however earlier than that, they are going to partake in a joint follow out on the Jets’ facility in Florham Park on Wednesday.
Each NFL staff should scale back their rosters to 53 gamers from the present 90 by subsequent Tuesday. There’s nonetheless a load of questions up and down the roster that stay unanswered.
Giants head coach Brian Daboll and his employees may have some powerful cuts and he hasn’t dominated out some starters taking part in on this Saturday’s recreation, together with quarterback Daniel Jones.
Jones performed his first recreation since tearing his ACL final November. He might have some extra fine-tuning to shake off the rust earlier than the season opener on September 8 towards Minnesota.
“First recreation again after just a little little bit of a layoff,” Daboll informed reporters on Sunday. “Scrambled for a primary down. Did some good issues, however clearly all of us can do higher. It’s his first recreation again and also you’re making an attempt to prepare for a recreation that’s not far off.”
There are ongoing roster battles and a few accidents which have opened up alternatives alongside the offensive line and within the secondary. These jobs will doubtless be settled out on the sector this week towards the Jets.
The operating again scenario can be nonetheless in flux, though it seems to be like Devin Singletary and Eric Grey have nailed down the highest two spots.
As for the Jets, quarterback Aaron Rodgers will play within the joint follow and will probably make an look on this recreation. He hasn’t performed since injuring his Achilles in Week 1 final 12 months.
Jets head coach Robert Saleh hasn’t dominated it out however intimated that any resolution concerning Rodgers would come with the entrance workplace.
“[Aaron’s] going to be included within the conversations together with the coordinators and [general manager Joe Douglas], and we’re going to make the perfect resolution for the staff,” Saleh stated earlier than this week’s recreation, by way of CBS Sports activities.
“You by no means know,” Rodgers informed CBS New York throughout the Jets recreation this previous Saturday towards Carolina. “I’m unsure. I imply, I really feel like Saleh already dominated me out a couple of weeks in the past, but when I urge him, possibly I’ll get to be on the market.”
It’s uncertain the Jets would danger exposing Rodgers to damage towards the Giants however the Jets have questions they want answered, too. Take into account that Rodgers performed in final 12 months’s preseason recreation towards the Giants and had a tiff with former linebacker Jihad Ward.
