The Jets will match up with the Giants this week for the team’s only joint practices of the summer. The Green & White will host Big Blue at the Atlantic Health Training Center on Tuesday before traveling to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Wednesday, and the New York teams will face off in their annual preseason game on Saturday.
“To get a chance to go against another team with really good athletes, really good players, that’s what you look forward to,” HC Aaron Glenn said of the joint practices. “You look forward to seeing how your team is going to operate in stressful situations.”
Glenn is confident there will be plenty of opportunities for evaluation with some intriguing matchups on the docket. The challenge will begin in the trenches, with a consistent and stable Jets offensive line facing a Giants defensive line that was recently projected by Pro Football Focus to be among the league’s best in 2025.
“That D-line they have, now I know our O-line is looking forward to competing against those guys,” Glenn said.
Several former first-round draft picks could battle it out up front. The Jets offensive line includes the No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, Armand Membou, and the No. 11 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Olu Fashanu. Guard Alijah Vera-Tucker, the No. 14 overall pick in 2021, is also an integral member of the group.
The Giants defensive front includes DE Kayvon Thibodeaux (No. 5 overall in 2022) and NT Dexter Lawrence II (No. 17 overall in 2019). The defense also features two talented edges in Brian Burns (drafted No. 16 overall by the Panthers in 2019 and acquired by New York via trade) and Abdul Carter, the Giants’ most recent first-round draft pick (No. 3 overall in 2025). Fashanu and Carter were college teammates at Penn State and will have the opportunity to reunite on and off the field this week.
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