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Giants’ full schedule for 2021 NFL season
We already knew the Giants, based on 2019 records, have the seventh-easiest 2020 schedule in the NFL, facing opponents with a winning percentage of .482. For what that’s worth. Now we know the order of the opponents, and it certainly doesn’t look very easy. Week 1 Steelers Sept. 14, 7:15 p.m., ESPN Well now, isn’t …
We already knew the Giants, based on 2019 records, have the seventh-easiest 2020 schedule in the NFL, facing opponents with a winning percentage of .482. For what that’s worth. Now we know the order of the opponents, and it certainly doesn’t look very easy.
Week 1
Steelers
Sept. 14, 7:15 p.m., ESPN
Well now, isn’t this a swell NFL head coaching debut for Joe Judge? A “Monday Night Football” home game against another storied NFL franchise. Is Ben Roethlisberger healthy and ready to play?
Week 2
at Chicago
Sept. 20, 1 p.m., CBS
The first road game takes the Giants to Soldier Field, so cold and wind should be minimal. Giants lost in Chicago last season. Is it Nick Foles or Mitch Trubisky for the Bears?
Week 3
49ers
Sept. 27, 1 p.m., Fox
A visit by last season’s NFC Super Bowl representative should give the Giants an early indication of where they stand in the conference.
Week 4
at Los Angeles Rams
Oct. 4, 4:05 p.m., Fox
This is the first game for the Giants in state-of-the-art SoFi Stadium and the first game for the Giants in Los Angeles in 26 years.
Week 5
at Cowboys
Oct. 11, 4:25 p.m., CBS
Jason Garrett spent 10 years as the Cowboys head coach, so he knows his way around Jerry Jones’ palatial AT&T Stadium. For the first time, Garrett will work out of the visiting locker room as the Giants’ new offensive coordinator.
Week 6
Redskins
Oct. 18, 1 p.m. Fox
The Giants passed on Dwayne Haskins and with the No. 6 pick in the 2019 draft and took Daniel Jones as their franchise quarterback. The Redskins took Haskins at No. 15. Jones is 1-0 in starts vs. Haskins.
Week 7
at Eagles
Oct. 22, 8:20 p.m., Fox
“Thursday Night Football” matchup. The Giants usually stink at the Linc, as they have lost six consecutive trips to Lincoln Financial Field. Joe Judge grew up in Lansdale, Pa., just northwest of Philadelphia, making this a homecoming game for him.
Week 8
Buccaneers
Nov. 2, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Daniel Jones’ first NFL start last season was a victory at Tampa Bay. The scene shifts to MetLife Stadium as Jones gets to duel for the first time with Tom Brady in a “Monday Night Football” extravaganza.
Week 9
at Redskins
Nov. 8, 1 p.m., Fox
Lo and behold, the Giants swept the season series from the Redskins in 2019, the first time since 2014 they managed to do that. Daniel Jones threw a Giants rookie-record five touchdown passes in his first game at FedEx Field.
Week 10
Eagles
Nov. 15, 1 p.m. Fox
Home may be where the heart is but not where the victories are for the Giants when the Eagles come calling. The Giants are 2-8 vs. the Eagles at MetLife Stadium.
Week 11
Bye
Week 12
at Bengals
Nov. 29, 1 p.m., Fox
Home team has won all 10 games in this series. A trip to Paul Brown Stadium introduces the Giants to the Joe Burrow-to-Tee Higgins all-rookie connection and offers a shot at a road victory against a team coming off a 2-14 record.
Week 13
at Seahawks
Dec. 6, 4:05 p.m., Fox
The longest flight of the season then the challenge of chasing around Russell Wilson and dealing with the most intimidating crowd noise in the league at CenturyLink Field will test the Giants on defense and offense. If fans are allowed in, of course.
Week 14
Cardinals
Dec. 13, 1 p.m., Fox
The first meeting between the quarterbacks taken highest in the 2019 draft, top-pick Kyler Murray and No. 6 Daniel Jones. Was won last season by Murray and the Cardinals.
Week 15
Browns
Dec. 20, 1 p.m., CBS
Figure this will be a non-hyped, low-key return to MetLife Stadium for Odell Beckham Jr., who will not be the center of attention and in no way feel uber-motivated to stick it to his former team. Right?
Week 16
at Ravens
Dec. 27, 1 p.m., Fox
The last time the Giants won in Baltimore? Back in 1963, when the Colts played there. Saquon Barkley gets to knock heads with the always-rugged Ravens defense.
Week 17
Cowboys
Jan. 3, 1 p.m., Fox
The Giants usually open their season against the Cowboys. This year they close it against them, and if the Giants are out of it, expect an invasion of Cowboys fans at MetLife.
