NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS WEEKLY RELEASE GIANTS VS. PATRIOTS PRESEason WEEK 4 . AUG. 28, 2014 WEEKLY RELEASE PRESEASON WEEK 4 Aug. 28, 2014 • 7:30 PM ET NEW YORK GIANTS (4-0) NEW ENGLAND patriots (2-1) MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ THE SERIES The Giants and the New England Patriots meet for the 24th time in the preseason, with the Giants PRESEASON SCHEDULE leading the series, 14-9. This is the 10th consecutive year Date Opponent Result TV the two teams have ended the preseason against one an- 8/3 at Buffalo* W, 17-13 NBC other. In the regular season, the Giants and Patriots have 8/9 PITTSBURGH W, 20-16 WNBC 8/16 at Indianapolis W, 27-26 WNBC met nine times, with the Patriots leading the series, 5-4. 8/22 at Jets W, 35-24 WCBS The Giants are 2-0 against the Patriots in the postseason. 8/28 NEW ENGLAND 7:30 p.m. WNBC The Giants defeated the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, 17- *Hall of Fame Game 14, and Super Bowl XLVI, 21-17. TV BROADCAST This week’s game will be televised locally on WNBC. Bob Papa will call the play-by-play, Carl Banks will In 2014, the Giants will wear white serve as the analyst and Howard Cross and Bruce Beck will pants instead of the tradition- report from the sidelines. al gray for two home games, Nov. 3 vs. Indianapolis GIANTS RADIO NETWORK The game will be broadcast by the and Nov. 16 vs. San Francisco. Last sea- flagship station of the New York Giants, WFAN – 660 AM and son, they were 1-1 101.9 FM , in the Tri-State area. Chris Carrino will call the wearing white pants play-by-play, Karl Nelson and Roman Oben will serve as the -- defeating the Raiders, 24-21, in Week 10 and analysts and Paul Dottino will report from the sidelines. Lance losing to Dallas, 21-24, in Medow, Paul Dottino and Jeff Feagles will host the Giants Week 12. radio pregame and postgame shows with pre-game coverage beginning at 6:35 p.m. GIANTS TO WEAR ALTERNATE UNIFORM GIANTS ON THE WEB Giants.com is the only place to find exclusive audio, including live broadcasts of Head Coach Tom WEEK 9 WEEK 12 NOV. 3 NOV. 16 Coughlin’s press conferences, plus more. Follow @Giants on Twitter and ‘Like’ the Giants on Facebook.com/NewYorkGiants. vs. COLTS vs. 49ERS Download the FREE Giants Mobile App to get Giants news on the go 24/7! Text “GIANTS” to 51288. Signup for the Giants.com E-Newsletter, which features weekly game preview information at Giants.com/Newsletter. 2014 new york giants • Preseason week 4 • Vs. new engLanD Patriots MEDIA/REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE THIS WEEK’S REGULAR SEASON MEDIA SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result TV Tuesday, August 26 9/8 at Detroit 7:10 p.m. ESPN (Roster reduced to 75 players by 4 p.m.) 9/14 ARIZONA 1:00 p.m. FOX 11:45 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. – Practice 9/21 HOUSTON 1:00 p.m. CBS After Practice – Tom Coughlin available on field 9/25 at Washington 8:25 p.m. CBS/NFLN 1:25 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. – Player Interviews 10/5 ATLANTA 1:00 p.m.* FOX 10/12 at Philadelphia 8:30 p.m.* NBC Wednesday, August 27 10/19 at Cowboys 4:25 p.m.* FOX No Availability BYE 11/3 INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 p.m. ESPN 11/9 at Seattle 4:25 p.m.* FOX Thursday, August 28 11/16 SAN FRANCISCO 1:00 p.m.* FOX 7:30 p.m. – Patriots vs. Giants 11/23 DALLAS 8:30 p.m.* NBC 11/30 at Jacksonville 1:00 p.m.* FOX Friday, August 29 12/7 at Tenneesee 1:00 p.m.* FOX Approx. 12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Player Interviews 12/14 WASHINGTON 1:00 p.m.* FOX 1:05 p.m. – Tom Coughlin available 12/21 at St. Louis 4:05 p.m.* FOX 12/28 PHILADELPHIA 1:00 p.m.* FOX Saturday, August 30 *Time subject to change (Roster reduced to 53 players by 4 p.m.) No scheduled availability Players Day off Sunday, August 31 (Clubs may establish 10-man Practice Squad after 12 p.m.) No scheduled availability Players Day off Monday, September 1 10:00 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. – Practice After Practice – Tom Coughlin Available Approx. 12:00 p.m. - Player Interviews GIANTS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Prince Amukamara (ah-MOO-kah-MAIR-rah) Henry Hynoski (hi-NAH-ski) Will Beatty (bee-dee) Israel Idonije (e-DON-e-JAY) Nat Berhe (bur-HEY) Devon Kennard (deh-VON) Zak DeOssie (dee-AUSSIE) Mathias Kiwanuka (key-WAH-new-kah) Emmanuel Dieke (dee-A-kay) Mario Manningham (mah-RIO) Larry Donnell (don-NELL) Damontré Moore (duh-MON-trey) Mark Herzlich (HERZ-lick) Ryan Nassib (NASS-sib) Jayron Hosley (JAY-ron HOSE-lee) Jacquian Williams (juh-KWON) QUEST DIAGNOSTICS TrAINING CENTEr • 1925 GIANTS DrIVE • EAST rUTHErFOrD, NJ 07073 (201) 935 8111 • GIANTS.COM CONNECTIONS GIANTS CONNECTIONS Special Teams Assistant Larry Izzo played for the Patriots from 2001-08. In his first season with the Patriots, Izzo was voted special teams captain for the first of eight consecutive seasons and led the unit with 22 tackles...Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Markus Paul held the same position with the Patriots from 2000-04. GIANTS NEW ENGLAND-AREA CONNECTIONS T Will Beatty played in 39 games with 35 starts at UConn…RB Michael Cox AT METLIFE played three years of football at Avon Old Farms High School in Con- STADIUM The Giants were necticut… After playing three years at Michigan, Cox finished his 4-4 at MetLife college career at UMass...WR Victor Cruz attended UMass where he Stadium in finished with 131 receptions for 1,958 yards and 11 touchdowns... 2013 with wins against the Vikings, Cruz was a two-time First-Team All-Colonial Athletic Association se- Raiders, Packers and Redskins. This lection…LS Zak DeOssie played linebacker at Brown University, preseason the Giants are 2-0 at where he recorded 315 tackles with 10.5 sacks...LB Mark Herzlich MetLife with victories against the attended Boston College, where he was named first-team All-Ameri- Steelers and Jets. ca and ACC Defensive Player of the Year and finished with 65 tackles and 4 sacks in 2008...DE Mathias Kiwanuka recorded 245 tackles (155 solo) and set school records with 37.5 sacks and 64.5 stops for losses at Boston College...RB Andre Williams attended Boston College and started all 13 games for the Eagles in 2013. Williams was the recipient of the Doak Walker Award, given to the nation’s top running back. He also set ACC records with 355 carries for 2,177 yards (6.1-yard avg.) and became the first NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision player since Kevin Smith of Central Florida (2,567 yards in 2007) to run for more than 2,000 yards in a season...Head Coach Tom Coughlin was the Quarterbacks Coach at Boston College from 1981-83 and then held the title of head coach from 1991-93... Cornerbacks Coach Peter Giunta played defensive back and running back at Northeastern University. He began his coaching career in Massachusetts, where he was an assistant coach at Swampscott High School from 1978-80...Strength and Conditioning Coach Jerry Palmeiri was the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Boston College from 1993-94...Special Teams Coach Tom Quinn was the Defensive Coordinator at Boston College in 1995. He was defensive coordinator at College of the Holy Cross from 1996-98... Offensive Assistant Ryan Roeder was the Assistant Offensive Line Coach at College of the Holy Cross in 2004...Wide Receivers Coach Sean Ryan was a graduate assistant at Boston College from 2001-02. Prior to joining the Giants, Ryan spent the 2006 season as Recruiting Coordinator, Running Backs Coach and Head Coach of the junior varsity team at Harvard University. PATRIOTS CONNECTIONS Head Coach Bill Belichick joined the New York Giants’ coaching staff in 1979, launch- ing a 12-year tenure with the Giants. In his years with the Giants, Belichick held numerous positions, including Special Teams coach, Linebackers Coach, Secondary Coach, and Defensive Coordinator. During his time as the Giants defensive signal caller, his units were never ranked lower than 11th in the NFL and finished as high as second in the league three times, including the Super Bowl seasons of 1986 and 1990... Offensive Line Coach Dave DeGugliemo joined the Giants in 2004 as the Assistant Offensive Line/Quality Control Coach before being elevated to Assistant Of- fensive Line Coach in 2005…Head Strength and Conditioning coach Harold Nash signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent and was a member of the team during training camp in GIANTS CELEBRATE 1993. 90TH SEASON 2014 new york giants • Preseason week 4 • Vs. new engLanD Patriots CONNECTIONS PATRIOTS NEW YORK/NO. JERSEY-AREA CONNECTIONS CB Kyle Arrington played at Hofstra where he re- corded 53 tackles, one interception, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery during his senior season…LB Steve Beauharnais started 41 of 51 games for Rutgers and was also a semifinalist for the 2012 Butkus Award… DL Dominique Easley attended Curtis High (Staten Island, NY) where he was rated the second-best defensive tackle in the country by both Scout.com and Rivals.com during his senior campaign. As a senior, he was credited with 53 tackles, 16 sacks, one fumble recovery and an interception he ran back for a score..