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Giants dealing with maddening schedule trend

There are few things football players thrive on more than routine. From the ready-set-hike cadence of plays to being so used to having a week flow a certain way that when a game is moved, they'll actually say "today is Wednesday" even though it's a Sunday or a Thursday. Something as simple as a Monday night game can throw an entire schedule into turmoil.

So having the season start as disjointed as it has for the Giants is a bit like a false start. It opened on a Thursday night, followed by a long weekend off. Then there were two games against winless opponents, and now the earliest possible bye week. It's as if the season has a stutter. Continue

Giants to kick off title defense with string of home games

The Giants powered their way to the Super Bowl championship with a record run on the road, but they're going to begin their title defense with a string of games at home. The champs will play three of their first four games at Giants Stadium, where they were a dismal 3-5 last season. They haven't won at home since Oct. 21 against the 49ers. After that, they lost their last four in a row.

They'll get a chance to break that skid when they play host to the Washington Redskins on Sept. 4, in the Thursday night opener reserved for the Super Bowl champs. They'll also play host to the Cincinnati Bengals Sept. 21 and the Seattle Seahawks Oct. 5, a week after their Week 4 bye. The rest of their home slate includes games against the Niners (Oct. 19), the Dallas Cowboys (Nov.2), the Baltimore Ravens (Nov. 16), the Philadelphia Eagles (Dec. 7) and the Carolina Panthers (Dec. 21). Continue

Giants schedule 2008

9/4 7:00 PM ET NBC Washington

9/14 1:00 PM ET FOX @ St. Louis

9/21 1:00 PM ET CBS Cincinnati

9/28 BYE

10/5 1:00 PM ET FOX Seattle

10/13 8:30 PM ET ESPN @ Cleveland

10/19 1:00 PM ET FOX San Francisco

10/26 4:15 PM ET FOX @ Pittsburgh

11/2 4:15 PM ET FOX Dallas

11/9 8:15 PM ET NBC @ Philadelphia

11/16 1:00 PM ET* CBS Baltimore

11/23 4:15 PM ET* FOX @ Arizona

11/30 1:00 PM ET* FOX @ Washington

12/7 1:00 PM ET* FOX Philadelphia

12/14 8:15 PM ET* NBC @ Dallas

12/21 1:00 PM ET* FOX Carolina

12/28 1:00 PM ET* FOX @ Minnesota

*flex game

Super rematch set for preseason

The Giants and Patriots will meet for the first time since Super Bowl XLII when they face each other in late August at Giants Stadium in the preseason finale.

The game hardly will be a rematch of the Giants' 17-14 win in Arizona in early February, since few regulars play much in the fourth preseason game, but it's one of the highlights of the short schedule released yesterday. The Giants will open the preseason in Charlotte against the Carolina Panthers, before playing host to the Cleveland Browns and then playing "at" the Jets. Continue

Giants to open NFL season on Sept. 4 at home against Redskins

The Giants' defense of their NFL title begins on Thursday night, Sept. 4, at home against the Washington Redskins. An official announcement is expected to come at the NFL owners' meetings on Monday, but according to a league source the game is set. It will kickoff at 7 p.m. instead of 8:30. The NFL and NBC agreed to push up the start of the game so it will be less of a conflict with the final night of the Republican National Convention. Continue