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NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS WEEKLY RELEASE GIANTS at PATRIOTS PRESEASON WEEK 4 - AUG. 31, 2017 NEW YORK GIANTS (1-2) NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1-2) August 31, 2017 7:30 p.m. ET Gillette Stadium • Foxborough, MA 2017 Schedule THIS WEEK’S MEDIA SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result TV Tuesday, August 29 PRESEASON 11:20 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Practice 8/11 PITTSBURGH 20-12 (L) WNBC 1:35 p.m. – Ben McAdoo available 8/21 at Cleveland 10-6 (L) ESPN 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. – Player Interviews 8/26 JETS 32-31 (W) WNBC Wednesday, August 30 8/31 at New England 7:30 PM WNBC No Availability REGULAR SEASON Travel to New England 9/10 at Dallas 8:30 PM NBC 9/18 DETROIT 8:30 PM ESPN Thursday, August 31 9/24 at Philadelphia 1:00 PM FOX 7:30 p.m. – Giants at Patriots 10/1 at Tampa Bay 4:05 PM FOX Friday, September 1 10/8 LA CHARGERS 1:00 PM CBS T.B.D. – Select Players Conference Call 10/15 at Denver 8:30 PM NBC T.B.D. – Ben McAdoo Conference Call 10/22 SEATTLE 4:25 PM CBS 10/29 BYE WEEK Saturday, September 2 11/5 LA RAMS 1:00 PM CBS (Roster cut-down to 53 players by 4 p.m.) 11/12 at San Francisco 4:25 PM* FOX No Availability Players Off 11/19 KANSAS CITY 1:00 PM* CBS 11/23 at Washington 8:30 PM* NBC Sunday, September 3 12/3 at Oakland 4:25 PM* FOX (Clubs may establish a Practice Squad after 1 p.m.) 12/10 DALLAS 4:25 PM* FOX No Availability 12/17 PHILADELPHIA 1:00 PM* FOX Players Off 12/24 at Arizona 4:25 PM* FOX 12/31 WASHINGTON 1:00 PM* FOX TV BROADCAST *Game Subject to NFL Flex Scheduling All Times Eastern This week’s game will be televised on WNBC 4NY. Bob Papa will call the play-by-play and Carl Banks will provide the analysis. Bruce Beck will report 2017 OPPONENTS from the sidelines. The 2017 NFL scheduling formula has the Giants playing both the AFC and NFC West. In addition to their home-and-home series with NFC East rivals Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington, the Giants will host the Los GIANTS RADIO NETWORK Angeles Rams, Seattle, Kansas City, the Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit, This week’s game will be broadcast on radio on WCBS 880. Chris Carri- who finished second in the NFC North. Last season, the Giants’ longest no will call the play-by-play and Howard Cross will provide the analy- trip was to Dallas. This year, they will travel to Arizona, San Francisco, Denver and Oakland, as well as Tampa Bay, which clinched second place sis. Paul Dottino will report from the sidelines. in the NFC South. Home 2016 Record Away 2016 Record Dallas 13-3 Dallas 13-3 GIANTS ON THE WEB Giants.com is the only place to watch live broadcasts of Head Coach Ben Washington 8-7 Washington 8-7 McAdoo’s press conferences, player spotlight features and more. Follow Philadelphia 7-9 Philadelphia 7-9 @Giants on Twitter, Instagram @nygiants and ‘Like’ the Giants on LA Rams 4-12 Arizona 7-8 Facebook.com/NewYorkGiants. Download the FREE Giants Mobile App Seattle 10-5 San Francisco 2-14 to get Giants news on the go 24/7! Signup for the Giants.com E-News- Kansas City 12-4 Denver 9-7 letter, which features weekly game preview information at Giants.com/ LA Chargers 5-11 Oakland 12-4 Newsletter. Detroit 9-7 Tampa Bay 9-7 GIANTS vs. PATRIOTS MEDIA GUIDE The Giants will travel to New England to face the Patriots in their preseason The electronic version of the Giants 2017 Media guide is available online, finale on Thursday, Aug. 31. This will be the 13th consecutive year the two please visit: media.giants.com. teams will close the preseason against one another. Last year, the Giants prevailed, beating the Patriots, 17-9, at home. The Giants also lead the preseason series, 17-9, since their first preseason meeting in 1971. 2017 WHAT TO WATCH FOR Giants: WR Brandon Marshall: • Aim for 2nd consecutive 10-win season, for the first time since • Needs 7 touchdown receptions (82) to pass Pro Football Hall of 2007-2008 season. Famer Don Maynard for 13th most touchdown receptions all-time. • Aim to win the NFC East for the first time since 2011. • Needs 1,000 yards receiving (12,061) to move pass Irving Fryar (12,785) for 19th most receiving yards all-time. Head Coach Ben McAdoo: • Needs 59 receptions (941) to reach 1,000 for his career, which • Aims for 2nd consecutive 10-win season and first for the team would make him the 15th player ever to reach the mark. since Tom Coughlin led the team to consecutive 10-win seasons from • Needs 18 touchdown receptions (82) to reach 100 for his 2007-08. career. • Aims for 2nd consecutive postseason berth and the first coach to do • Aims for 11th consecutive season with at least 55 it in the first two years with the team since Allie Sherman. receptions. QB Eli Manning: WR Sterling Shepard: • Aims for 4th consecutive season completing at least 62% of his • Aims for 2nd consecutive season with at least 65 receptions. passes. • Aims for 2nd consecutive season with at least 600 yards • Aims for 4th consecutive season with at least 375 completions. receiving and the first with at least 500 yards consecutively since Odell • Aims for 4th consecutive season with at least 4,000 yards passing. Beckham Jr. • Aims for 4th consecutive season with a passer rating of at least • Aims for 2nd consecutive season with at least 8 touchdown 85.0. receptions. • Aims for 4th consecutive season with at least 25 passing touch- downs. CB Janoris Jenkins: • Needs 30 touchdown passes to become 6th player to ever to reach • Needs 2 interceptions (13) to reach 15 for his career. 350. • Aims for 3rd consecutive season with at least 3 interceptions . • Needs 23 touchdown passes (320) to pass Pro Football Hall of Fam-• Aims for 3rd consecutive season with at least 15 passes er Fran Tarkenton (342) for 6th most touchdown passes all-time. defensed. WR Odell Beckham Jr.: CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie: • Aims for 4th consecutive season with at least 90 receptions. • Aims for 5th consecutive season with at least 2 interceptions. • Aims for 4th consecutive season with at least 10 receiving touchdowns. DE Jason Pierre-Paul: • Aims for 4th consecutive season with at least 1,300 receiving yards. • Needs 11.0 sacks (50.0) to pass Justin Tuck (60.5) for 6th-most • Aims for 42nd consecutive game with at least 3 receptions. sacks all-time in Giants history. • Needs one multi-receiving TD game (9) to move into sole posses- sion of 1st place in Giants history. DE Olivier Vernon: • Needs 12 receptions (288) to reach 300 career receptions. • Aims for 5th consecutive season with at least 6.5 sacks. • Needs 5 touchdowns receptions to reach 40 for his career. • Needs 12.5 sacks (37.5) to reach 50.0 for his career. • Needs four 100-yard receiving games (19) to pass Amani Toomer (22) for most 100-yard receiving games in franchise history. BIG BLUE IN THE COMMUNITY “To whom much is given, much is asked.” - Jay Bromley Jay Bromley, understands the impact he can make both on and off the foot- ball field. The four-year veteran dedicated his offseason to making a positive difference in the lives of families in the greater New York community. On April 3, Bromley visited the Covenant House in Newark, NJ, an agency that provides food, shelter and care for homeless, runaway and trafficked youth. During his visit, Bromley spent time with the kids as they enjoyed lunch courtesy of the New York Giants. He also provided the kids with new clothes and sneakers. On May 6, Bromley hosted his 2nd Annual Youth Football Camp in his hometown of Flushing, Queens. The camp, a free event for kids ages 11-17, was attended by more than 200 local children looking to learn the game of football. Throughout the day, the kids took part in various football drills with Bromley’s fellow teammates DT Damon Harrison, QB Josh Johnson, RB Orleans Darkwa, DT Robert Thomas, DE Kerry Wynn and DE Romeo Okwara. The children also had the opportunity to take part in a punting competition with the New York Giants players. “You have to be a better example for the kids on and off the field, not just teaching them things about football, which is kind of easier to learn.” - Jay Bromley On June 1, Bromley traveled to the Speedway School in New- ark, NJ to deliver prescription eyeglasses to children identified as having vision trouble. In partnership with Vision to Learn, a nonprofit organization that provides free eye exams and glasses through mobile eye clinics, Bromley helped launch the project in Newark Public Schools that will provide over 7,000 vision screenings, 2,400 eye exams and 2,215 pairs of glasses in the first year. Throughout the day, Bromley visited and took pictures with the kids. “Now that I have glasses, I realize that reading isn’t as much of a challenge and I read more books. And I really enjoy reading books more often.” - Jay Bromley 2016 SEASON IN REVIEW 2016 NEW YORK GIANTS SEASON NOTES By Michael Eisen EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.