Most Giants starters will not play vs. Jets in preseason finale

The New York Giants will face off against the New York Jets on Saturday night at MetLife Stadium in the 2024 preseason finale.

The Jets have already announced that they will not be playing many of their starters and key players in the game.

The Giants will now follow suit and sit their the majority of their starters as well.

Most of the #Giants starters will not play in Saturday’s preseason finale vs. Jets, per sources. See ya Week 1.

The Giants got their work in this week with a joint practice against the Jets. It was their second joint practices of the summer in addition to the starters playing…

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The teams engaged in a heated joint practice at the Jets’ facility in Florham Park on Wednesday. Almost every healthy player on both sides participated in the scrimmage and drills.

That will serve as the final tune-up for the “ones” for each team. The roster cutdowns from 90 players to 53 are due by 4:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday and this final preseason game will provide an opportunity for the coaches to get one final look at players at the bottom of the depth chart.

The Giants open the regular season two weeks from Sunday at home against the Minnesota Vikings.