The New York Giants take on the Minnesota Vikings on September 8, arguably their most difficult opponent in 2024 — see below for their full NFL schedule and tickets info.
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New York Giants assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Mike Kafka will participate in the NFL’s Coach Accelerator Program at the Spring Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
#Giants OC Mike Kafka is participating in the league’s program to boost minority coaching candidates.
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Kafka was hired by the Giants as their offensive coordinator in 2022 after Brian Daboll was named head coach. In each of the past two offseasons, Kafka was a hot name on the NFL head coaching carousel and was interviewed for several head coaching vacancies.
This offseason, Daboll elevated Kafka to assistant head coach after he drew interest from multiple teams, including the Seattle Seahawks, who interviewed him for their head coaching job and considered him as offensive coordinator.
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The uniform platform is presented by United Airlines and is the culmination of a two-year process in partnership with the NFL. The uniform harkens back to the earliest days of the franchise featuring tan pants; red socks with blue and white stripes from the team’s inaugural 1925 season; red jerseys accented with blue from 1933, when the Giants played in the first ever NFL Championship Game; and an iconic winged helmet honoring the 1938 champions as the Giants became a cornerstone in the foundation of the league. All of the team’s 2024 jerseys will feature the team’s “100 Seasons” patch.
Because of the unique historical design, social media reactions were mixed.
Something positive about the Giants 100th anniversary uniform:
It is a mixture of the 1925 (Pants), 1933 (Jersey), and 1938 (Helmet) seasons.
The Giants records respectively in those seasons: 8-4, 11-3, and 8-2-1. Maybe they will bring some luck to the current roster.…
(In fairness to the Giants, old NFL uniforms were generally terrible, so there’s little they could do if they were going to throwback to the ’20s and ’30s).
Far from best but I’m going to defend the Giants here. It’s a throwback. There’s only a handful of franchises that can re-create throwbacks from the 20s/30s and the Giants are one of them https://t.co/3hjTbl3E25
The NFL released its 2024 regular season schedule on Wednesday night, and we’ve learned when the New York Giants will face their upcoming opponents. Big Blue will open the season against the Minnesota Vikings at MetLife Stadium in what might be the first career game for quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
In addition to facing their NFC East rivals twice, the Giants will play the NFC South and AFC North this season, which includes a trip to Germany to face off against the Carolina Panthers.
With the Giants finishing third in the NFC East, they’ll also face the same-place finisher in the NFC West and NFC North. With that additional 17th game, they’ll host the AFC South same-place finisher.
Below are our early game-by-game predictions for the 2024 season:
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Assuming J.J. McCarthy starts in Week 1, the Giants will have the immediate advantage of going against a completely green rookie. If McCarthy remains on the bench, Sam Darnold starts. Big Blue starts strong.
Prediction: Win
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The Commanders will be vastly improved this year but early in the season, they’ll be going through a transition period. The Giants generally have their number anyway and get an early win on the road.
Prediction: Win
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Despite some remaining issues, the Browns are an ascending team, and Myles Garrett against Evan Neal is a terrifying thought. This is the start of an ugly stretch for the Giants.
Prediction: Loss
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Cowboys? Primetime? This is pretty self-explanatory.
Prediction: Loss
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The Seahawks have dropped the Giants in each of the past two seasons and it’ll be no different in 2024.
Prediction: Loss
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Another primetime game… Until the Giants prove they can win under the bright lights, there’s no sense in picking them. This is also Joe Burrow’s first chance against Big Blue and he’ll make the most of it.
Prediction: Loss
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Much like the Cowboys, the Eagles have owned the Giants in recent years. Assuming Saquon Barkley is healthy enough to play at this point in the year, he’ll be determined to make a statement in front of the MetLife Stadium crowd.
Prediction: Loss
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That dreaded primetime slot again. The same thing written earlier applies here. Steelers win.
Prediction: Loss
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The Commanders should be hitting their groove at this point of the season but the Giants and quarterback Daniel Jones remain their kryptonite.
Prediction: Win
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If there’s a worse team than the Giants, it’s the Panthers. Combine that with New York’s success overseas and this should — should — be their easiest game of the season.
Prediction: Win
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This could go either way but the Giants are bound to pick up one win in a game most expect them to lose. Early afternoon at home against Baker Mayfield, who can be erratic… We’ll give them this upset.
Prediction: Win
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We’ve seen this story before. Too many times. Happy miserable Thanksgiving, Giants fans.
Prediction: Loss
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This is another game the Giants could win but they didn’t even keep it close last season. With a healthy Daniel Jones and some new additions tip the scales that much? We’re guessing not.
Prediction: Loss
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Lamar Jackson has beaten every NFC team he’s faced except one: The Giants. But here in Week 15, he finally adds that notch to his belt.
Prediction: Loss
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The Falcons should be better in 2024 but the Giants typically play well against Kirk Cousins. He’s thrown more interceptions (14) to Big Blue than any other team in his career.
Prediction: Win
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The Colts enter 2024 are a projected mid-tier team. These are the type of games the Giants have to win if they’re ever going to get over the hump.
Prediction: Win
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The Giants close the season against the Eagles for the third straight year. If Philly is playing for playoff position, they win. If they rest their starters, maybe the Giants snag one last W. In this case, we assume Philly is playing for something.
Prediction: Loss
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At 7-10, the Giants would finish one game better than they did in 2023. Would that be enough to save the jobs of general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll? Would it mean the end of Daniel Jones?
Anywhere in this range (5-12 to 8-9) and things will get very, very interesting for the organization next offseason.
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The New York Giants continued getting their 2024 NFL draft class under contract on Wednesday, signing sixth-round linebacker Darius Muasau to his rookie deal.
Muasau joins wide receiver Malik Nabers, running back Tyrone Tracy, and Andru Phillips as those who have signed.
The 6-foot, 225-pound Muasau joins the Giants as a depth linebacker and special teams player who embraces that role and prides himself on film study.
“One thing that I pride myself on is being the most instinctive and smartest player on the field every time I step on the field. I love to watch film. That’s what I do,” he said after the 2024 NFL draft.
“I spend most of my days in the film room and also on the field but mostly in the film room breaking down film, knowing tendencies, and little details of the offense and I feel that’s what I do best. That’s why I’m headed to New York, and I’m just ready to showcase my abilities there.”
With Muasau now under contract, the only remaining members of the rookie class without a deal are safety Tyler Nubin and tight end Theo Johnson.
Editor’s note: Kickoff times will be added when they are made known.
The 2024 regular season schedule is finally out and for the New York Giants, they will appear in five standalone games — three in traditional primetime, one on Thanksgiving, and one across the pond.
The Giants will play their home and away series against the Cowboys under the bright lights, first on Thursday Night Football and then on Thanksgiving Day. They will also host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Night Football and visit the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football.
The most notable game is a trip to Germany where they will visit the Carolina Panthers. It’s their second time playing in Germany, the first coming during a preseason game in 1994.
Interestingly, the Giants are not slated to play the Philadelphia Eagles in primetime.
The New York Giants will play on Thanksgiving Day for the second time in three years. And it will once again come against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington.
Giants fans throughout the years have usually had Thanksgiving off. The team has played 17 times (7-7-3) on Thanksgiving Day with all but four of those games taking place before World War II.
In fact, from 1940 through 1981, the Giants did not play a single Thanksgiving Day game. Much of that is in deference to the holiday. The Giants are a family business, after all, and being with family took priority.
But business comes first in the NFL now and the Giants have played five times on Turkey Day in recent years. The first was the thrilling 13-6 win at Detroit in 1982 where Lawrence Taylor scored the winning touchdown on a 97-yard interception return.
The next four were all depressing losses: 30-3 at Dallas in 1992, 26-6 at Denver in 2009, 20-13 at Washington in 2017, and 28-20 at Dallas in 2022.
This game will pit Big Blue against the Cowboys in a national game once again, a huge draw no matter how well the teams are playing and where they are in the standings.
The New York Giants will travel to Munich, Germany during Week 10 of the 2024 regular season where they’ll take on the Carolina Panthers at the Allianz Arena.
League officials made the announcement on Wednesday.
The Giants will kick-off their marketing rights in Germany in April during the 2024 NFL Draft. On April 27th, Day 3 of the NFL Draft, the team will announce their draft pick live from Germany with a collection of fans and alumni. The Giants also recently announced their International Fan of the Year, a German native who was surprised with a video message from Legend Eli Manning and a trip to attend the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit.
The Giants have appeared in three games in Europe since the NFL began playing games overseas in 2007, including the first game ever in England, a 13-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium.
They defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 17-10, in 2016 at Twickenham Stadium and knocked off the Green Bay Packers, 27-22, in 2022 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The game will be held on Sunday, November 10 at 9:30 a.m. ET.
The New York Giants finished 6-11 in 2023 and, in reviewing the season, it’s difficult to find many bright spots.
One highlight was the play of inside linebacker Bobby Okereke, a free agent addition who played 100 percent of the team’s defensive snaps last season.
Pro Football Focus recently identified Okereke as the Giants’ most underrated player.
NEW YORK GIANTS: LB Bobby Okereke
Okereke was everything and even more that the Giants might have hoped for when they signed him as a free agent in 2023. Not only did he play a career-high snap total, but his 1,128 snaps over the regular season ranked second among all linebackers. In addition, his 78.9 overall grade ranked 12th among linebackers.
Okereke was joined in the middle by second-year pro Micah McFadden in coordinator Wink Martindale’s defense. The tandem stood out and gave the fans some hope that the Giants’ defense could return to prominence.
With Martindale moving on after the season (replaced by Shane Bowen) it remains to be seen if Okereke will carry the same load going forward.
But one thing is certain. General manager Joe Schoen hit big when he signed Okereke to a four-year deal.
This offseason, New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen continued his quest to fix the offensive line. In his first two drafts, he used first, second, and third-day picks on college hopefuls that could upgrade the team’s weakest unit.
This time around, Schoen ignored the line in the draft but used a significant amount of his available cap space on veterans who he hope can fill the gaps.
Even after earning the worst offensive line grade of any team in 2023, the Giants did very little to improve their unit this offseason. The group recorded a 44.6 PFF grade last year and will hope a fully healthy Andrew Thomas and the additions of guard Jon Runyan (56.5 PFF grade in 2023) and tackle Jermaine Eluemunor (68.7) can provide a boost.
Keep in mind, the Giants also have a new unit coach in former Las Vegas Raiders’ offensive line coach, Carmen Bricillo, who the team believes will be an upgrade over the outgoing Bobby Johnson.
Last season, the Giants had to revert to a patchwork line chock full of washed-up and washed-out players due to injuries. The three players that Schoen is building the line around — tackles Thomas and Evan Neal and center John Michael Schmitz — were all injured for significant stretches last season.
They are all expected to be back healthy and ready to assume their starting roles. Schoen brought in Runyan and Eluemonor will provide much-needed stability at guard.
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