The Giants announced in March that they will be holding training camp at The Greenbrier in West Virginia this summer and they have now announced their schedule of sessions open to the public as well.
The team’s rookies will report to camp on July 23 and the veterans are due on the 28th. The first of six open practices will be held on July 30.
Fans will also be welcome to attend practices on July 31, August 1, and August 5-7.
The Giants will be in West Virginia for two weeks before heading back to New Jersey. They’ll open the preseason at home against the Vikings on August 15 and will practice with the Dolphins before a game the next week. Their annual exhibition with the Jets will be their final tuneup for the regular season.
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If you’re confused by how the World Cup works, join the club.
We’ve finally made sense of how 48 teams became the 32 that will now proceed to the single-elimination knockout round. Of the 12 four-team groups, the top two made it, along with the best eight third-place teams.
Along the way, Iran was in after a goal by Algeria against Austria in stoppage time on Saturday night — and then out after Austria scored in the final seconds to force a 3-3 tie.
For the United States, here’s the path to what would be an unexpected but thrilling run to the final match.
On Wednesday, July 1, the U.S. plays Bosnia and Herzegovina at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. A win would put the U.S. team into the round of 16, facing the winner of Belgium and Senegal. That match will happen on Monday, July 6 at Lumen Field in Seattle.
A win there would send the U.S. to the final eight. The opponent for the match to be played on Friday, July 10, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles would be the team that emerges from this quartet of countries: Portugal, Croatia, Spain, and Austria.
Next up would be a trip to the semifinals, on Tuesday, July 14, at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. Then, a victory would trigger a berth in the final game, to be played on Sunday, July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
It won’t be easy. It will require four straight wins, starting in just three days, with the site of Super Bowl LX hosting one of the most consequential soccer matches the U.S. has ever seen.
A win would raise the stakes considerably in the home stadium of the defending Super Bowl champions. A victory there would shift the focus to the site of Super Bowl LXI. Then, all eyes would turn to Jerry World — for a match at a level his Cowboys haven’t achieved since the year after the last time the U.S. hosted the World Cup.
Last year’s college football season began with much anticipation — and high expectations — for the latest member of America’s royal family of football. The man who started it all is, in hindsight, not thrilled that people acted accordingly.
“I was kind of disappointed in a lot of, just a lot of people,” Archie Manning told Noah Gross of KXAN regarding the standard that was established for his grandson, Arch, prior to the start of his full-time playing career at Texas. “The whole thing. They kind of crowned Arch before he ever played. And I just didn’t think that was fair. Yeah, it was a little tough start, played a great team, and anyway. But I’ve never been more proud of anybody in my life with the way Arch battled through what he had to go through last year, and the way he played, you know, the last eight or nine games of the season.”
It’s fair for Archie to feel that way. But the situation fed naturally into the hype and, in turn, the high bar.
Arch’s uncles won four Super Bowls between them. One was a no-brainer first-ballot Hall of Famer. The other, who will likely get to Canton one of these days, authored two of the most impressive Super Bowl performances in NFL history — featuring a pair of unforgettable throws as David kept Goliath from winning eight rings instead of six. (The underrated sideline needle-threader to Mario Manningham in Super Bowl XLVI was as impressive as the Houdini-level escape capped by David Tyree’s helmet catch from Super Bowl XLII.)
Archie launched the Manning dynasty, as a great quarterback trapped on a horrible team with no way to get to a contender during a decade that featured a wide gap between football’s haves and have-nots.
Everyone saw it coming for Arch. Even before he was playing, he drew far more attention than the Texas QB1. (Who can forget the press conference where Quinn Ewers sat alone while reporters mobbed Manning?)
Yes, many believed that Arch, when he finally got a chance to start, would perform like Archie, Peyton, and Eli, all rolled into one. The problem was that, when it took Arch some time to develop (especially with a season-opener against an Ohio State defense stocked with 2026 first-round picks), the criticism became relentless. And that made Arch’s ability to turn it around even more impressive than if he’d thrived from the get-go.
As Arch prepares for what many believe will be his final season in college football (he could return for a fifth year in 2027, if he chooses), the bar is high again. Many already believe he’ll be the first overall pick in the 2027 NFL draft.
The lesson from 2025 could be that someone should be working to manage the preseason expectations better than they were managed for his first season. Ultimately, that falls to Texas to develop and deliver the proper messages about not expecting Arch to be a wire-to-wire superstar.
Regardless, heavy is the head that wears the crown — even if that crown came from being the MVP of the Cheez-It Bowl. And the crown prince of the Manning dynasty (at least until Marshall picks a college) still faces very high expectations that flow directly from his name.
It won’t be easy to change that, and it could be even harder to live up to it.
The offseason programs around the league have largely wrapped up for 2026, with players and coaches around the league now experiencing some time off.
But training camps are just a few weeks away from opening.
The NFL announced the camp report dates for all 32 teams on Monday, with the first ones opening up in less than a month.
Below are the camp locations and report dates:
Arizona Cardinals: State Farm Stadium | Rookies: 7/22 | Veterans 7/22
Atlanta Falcons: Atlanta Falcons Training Facility | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
Baltimore Ravens: Under Armour Performance Center | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
Buffalo Bills: St. John Fisher University | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Carolina Panthers: Bank of America Stadium | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/22
Chicago Bears: Halas Hall | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Cincinnati Bengals: Paycor Stadium | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Cleveland Browns: CrossCountry Mortgage Campus | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Dallas Cowboys: Marriott Residence Inn Oxnard | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Denver Broncos: Broncos Park Powered by CommonSpirit | Rookies: 7/22 | Veterans: 7/28
Detroit Lions: Meijer Performance Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Green Bay Packers: Lambeau Field | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Houston Texans: Houston Methodist Training Center | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Indianapolis Colts: Grand Park | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Jacksonville Jaguars: Miller Electric Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Kansas City Chiefs: Missouri Western State University | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Las Vegas Raiders: Intermountain Health Performance Center | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Los Angeles Chargers: The Bolt | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Los Angeles Rams: Loyola Marymount University | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/25
Miami Dolphins: Baptist Health Training Complex | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/28
Minnesota Vikings: TCO Performance Center | Rookies: 7/26 | Veterans: 7/28
New England Patriots: New Balance Athletics Center | Rookies: 7/21 | Veterans: 7/24
New Orleans Saints: Ochsner Sports Performance Center | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
New York Giants: Quest Diagnostics Training Center/The Greenbrier | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
New York Jets: Athletic Health Jets Training Center | Rookies: 7/25 | Veterans: 7/28
Philadelphia Eagles: Jefferson Health Training Complex | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
Pittsburgh Steelers: Saint Vincent College | Rookies: 7/28 | Veterans: 7/28
San Francisco 49ers: SAP Performance Facility | Rookies: 7/18 | Veterans: 7/25
Seattle Seahawks: Virginia Mason Athletic Center | Rookies: 7/17 | Veterans: 7/24
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: AdventHealth Training Center | Rookies: 7/27 | Veterans: 7/28
Tennessee Titans: Vanderbilt Health Football Center | Rookies: 7/23 | Veterans: 7/28
Washington Commanders: Commanders Park | Rookies: 7/24 | Veterans: 7/28
The NFL has announced the full list of joint practices that will take place during training camps this summer.
The first set of them will take place on August 11 in four different locations. The Cowboys and Rams will practice in Los Angeles, the Colts will visit the Patriots, the Bucs will work out at the Jets’ facility and the Titans will go to Santa Clara to practice with the 49ers.
All in all, there will be 28 teams working in joint sessions in August. The Lions, Steelers, Chiefs and Broncos are the teams that will not hold joint practices.
The full list of joint practices is below with the host team listed second. If there are multiple practices scheduled, the date of the first practice is listed.
August 11 — Cowboys-Rams; Colts-Patriots; Buccaneers-Jets; Titans-49ers.
August 12 — Dolphins-Commanders.
August 13 — Jaguars-Saints.
August 18 — 49ers-Chargers; Raiders-Texans; Saints-Cowboys.
August 19 — Falcons-Colts; Ravens-Vikings; Panthers-Jaguars; Eagles-Patriots.
August 20 — Bills-Browns; Bears-Bengals; Saints-Rams; Giants-Dolphins.
August 21 — Seahawks-Titans.
August 25 — Buccaneers-Jaguars.
August 26 — Cardinals-Packers; Texans-Panthers; Commanders-Ravens.
August 27 — Bears-Titans.
The more an organization says “there’s nothing to see here,” the more there usually is to see.
FIFA is downplaying concerns about the quality of the grass at not-MetLife Stadium, the site of eight total World Cup matches — including the championship game.
Brazil faced Morocco at not-MetLife Stadium on June 13. Via Melanie Anzidei of The Athletic, Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior had a not-so-favorable assessment of the surface at the venue the Jets and Giants share.
“Because of the weather and the heat, the grass dries out quickly and the game ends up being very slow,” Vinicius Junior told TNT Sports Brazil. “We can’t build up a rhythm. . . . That makes things difficult because we want to play. We want to move the ball from one side to the other and this disrupts our game. But we have to adapt because I believe it will be like this all tournament. Everyone will have to play on the same surfaces.”
After France played Senegal at not-MetLife Stadium, France’s coach, Didier Deschamps, called it “a special surface — it’s different.”
“We need to get used to this,” Deschamps said. “There might be some cement below the grass. You have very short shards of grass here.”
France’s Adrien Rabiot said this after playing at not-MetLife Stadium: “Well, the pitch was . . . I don’t know if I’d even call it that. It seemed more like an artificial pitch. It was hard and rigid, but it’s like that for every team. You need to adapt to the conditions. . . . I hope we find better pitches in our other games.”
FIFA, as it often does, issued a statement aimed at downplaying any issues.
“FIFA has invested more than five years in meticulous and collaborative research, testing and innovation, working closely with leading turf experts, stadium operators and football stakeholders, to deliver the best possible playing surfaces for players,” FIFA said in a statement issued to The Athletic. “The pitches at all 16 FIFA World Cup 2026 stadiums remain in excellent condition from both a playability and player safety perspective.”
FIFA’s statement also responded to issues raised about the appearance of the grass at not-MetLife Stadium.
“While there have been comments regarding the visual appearance of certain areas of the playing surface at NYNJ Stadium, FIFA’s Turf Management Team’s assessment is that every pitch is healthy and performing as intended for elite competition,” FIFA said. “Variations in the appearance of some surfaces, whether on television or in person, do not necessarily reflect the quality, health or playability of the pitch.”
Regardless, those who have competed in the two prior matches at not-MetLife Stadium have said what they have said.
Norway faces Senegal on Monday night at MetLife Stadium, with five more matches to go. Obviously, the appearance and performance of the pitch will become a focal point moving forward.
The annual Sack Summit, a gathering of NFL pass rushers that takes place each summer, has added one of the greatest pass rushers of all time to this year’s event.
Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor will be in attendance, the Sack Summit announced. This year’s festivities will take place in Las Vegas July 9-11.
Von Miller started what was originally called the “Von Miller Pass Rush Summit” in 2017, and it has grown into a major event for NFL linebackers and defensive linemen. Maxx Crosby and Cam Jordan now run the event along with Miller.
Among the NFL players who have committed to attending this year are Cowboys linebacker Rashan Gary, Buccaneers defensive end Calijah Kancey, Jaguars defensive end Josh Hines-Allen, Jaguars defensive tackle Arik Armstead, Bengals defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, Panthers linebacker Jaelan Phillips, Cowboys defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker, Buccaneers linebacker Rueben Bain and Colts defensive end Laiatu Latu.
The Broncos are adding an offensive lineman.
Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Denver has reached an agreement on a one-year deal with Reid Holskey.
Holskey, 24, was most recently with the Giants, who waived him late last month.
He has also spent time with the Texans and Ravens since entering the league as an undrafted free agent in 2025.
Holskey has not appeared in a regular-season game.
Giants running back Cam Skattebo had a promising rookie season cut short when he suffered a gruesome ankle injury in Week Eight. He says that injury won’t affect the way he plays.
Skattebo, who loves putting his head down and initiating contact with tacklers, says he doesn’t fear injuries and will keep playing the only way he knows how.
“It ain’t gonna change who I am,” Skattebo told NFL Media. “I had an injury, you know, it is what it is. I’ve still got plenty of football left, plenty of life left, I’m not going to let this little ankle thing bother me. I’m going to get back [to] running people over like you see on the videos. It’s going to be normal Cam Skattebo from here on out.”
Skattebo says new Giants head coach John Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy are going to make sure he gets plenty of opportunities in the Giants’ offense.
“Coach Harbaugh and Nagy, I’ve felt nothing but support and love from them,” Skattebo said. “They’re always on me about getting back, and they’re starting to see where I’m at in my process and they’re starting to trust it. They’ve been really good to me. I trust both of those two, as [well] as everybody else on the staff. It’s been nothing but joy and happiness for me, just starting to fall back in love with the game after an injury for sure.”
Before he got hurt, Skattebo exceeded expectations as a fourth-round pick last year and appeared poised to be a bright spot in what turned out to be a disappointing season for the Giants. He’s ready to pick up right where he left off.
Friday night’s World Cup match between the United States and Paraguay looked great. Most of the images from the 4-1 U.S. win didn’t look anything like the stadium in which it was played.
But it was indeed SoFi Stadium. With rich, lush, naturally green grass.
“Wonder if we could get that all season,” 49ers tight end George Kittle said on Twitter.
Although the 49ers’ annual visit to their home away from home to play the Rams won’t happen this year (they’ll square off in Australia), the 49ers will be at SoFi Stadium to play the Chargers in Week 15, for a Thursday night game.
Friday night’s soccer match showed what SoFi could be, what it would be, if Rams owner Stan Kroenke were to embrace grass.
But he won’t. It costs too much money to maintain a high-quality grass field. It complicates the effort to have all sorts of other events at the venue.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made that point earlier this year, regarding his no-questions-asked willingness to install grass at AT&T Stadium for the World Cup.
“We have more flexibility with the way we handle our surface at the stadium,” Jones said at the annual meetings in Phoenix, via Jordan Raanan of ESPN. “We have no belief that it’s any safer to play on a grass [field] or a turf. We are ambiguous as to the safety of it. The turf, actually like many things, improves the economics of being able to play this game and our players are the biggest benefactor of all. They get the best benefit of when we do good things financially, the players are benefiting. So I’m working for you, baby, OK, if you’re a player.
“And so the combination of that, I’m very comfortable putting some grass down for soccer under regulations and proud to be able to do it but quickly get that turf back out there to go about the other business of the stadium and the team.”
The safety narrative is a weak one. The NFL has muddied the issue by focusing on the statistical claim that the injury rate is the same on grass as it is on turf. This ignores player experience beyond the question of actual injuries. The human body takes less wear and tear when the forces it creates are absorbed by a grass field than when the forces ricochet back into the feet and up through the legs.
Besides, how does Jerry Jones hosting a bunch of other events in a football stadium benefit the football players on the Cowboys? At best, it gives him more money to pay players. In a salary-capped environment, however, who cares? The TV money and the ticket revenue from the football games gives owners more than enough money to finance the roster.
The simple reality is that the overwhelming majority of players — 92 percent — prefer grass.
“I’m going into year 10, and I can say wholeheartedly that grass feels way better than turf,” Giants offensive lineman Jermaine Eluemunor recently said, via Rohan Nadkarni of NBC News. “With MetLife getting grass, obviously it’s cool for FIFA and the World Cup. It’s one of the biggest stages in the world but, at the same time, the NFL as a whole is one of the most profitable businesses in the world, and so you would think that us as players would have a say in the fields that we get to play on.”
The players do have a say. In an environment of collective bargaining, however, they need to be willing to give something up to get something else. When the original artificial turf — a thin sheet of green all-weather carpet rolled over concrete — began to proliferate, the NFL Players Association allowed it. The owners secured the discretion to choose the playing surface without any real pushback.
Now that the pushback is happening, the only path for making high-quality grass universal comes from bargaining for it. And, if need be, going on strike to get it.
It all comes back to the fundamental imbalance between management and labor in pro football. The owners will shut the sport down to get what they want. The players won’t.
If the choice is football on artificial turf or no football at all, the players will choose football on artificial turf. And the owners will ignore the P.R. complications flowing from the hypocrisy of writing a blank check for FIFA, because at the end of the day it’s all just words. Until the words are backed up by actions, nothing will change.
Hell, Jones probably likes the fact that the grass vs. turf debate exists. His view is that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. And so, on top of the fact that Jones and other owners make more money from staging their teams’ games on turf, the organic debate over an inorganic playing surface becomes another twist in the ultimate reality show.
And it’s a twist with no stakes. Unless and until the NFLPA is willing to do something other than create public pressure at which the owners won’t even blink, the back-and-forth over turf vs. grass will be nothing but noise.
So that’s the real question. Will the players simply talk about their preference for grass or, when the current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires in 2031, will they do something about it?
Given that most of the men who’ll be playing pro football in 2031 are currently in college or high school, it’s way too early to know the choice they’ll make. History, however, tells us that the decision between playing on artificial turf and not playing at all will be a no-brainer.
In the interim, is it possible that the players could emerge from talks over an expanded season with universal grass fields? Yes. To get there, however, they may have to be willing to go not from 17 regular-season games to 18 but from 17 to 20.
