Here is the updated injury report heading into tomorrow night's game:
GIANTS
OUT: LB Jonathan Goff (back), CB Terrell Thomas (hamstring), K Lawrence Tynes (knee).
QUESTIONABLE: WR Domenik Hixon (back)
PROBABLE: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (calf)
REDSKINS
OUT: WR Malcolm Kelly (knee)
DOUBTFUL: S Kareem Moore (hamstring)
QUESTIONABLE: DE Jason Taylor (knee)
PROBABLE: LB Khary Campbell (thigh), S LaRon Landry (hamstring), WR Antwaan Randle El (hand), CB Shawn Springs (shin)
Also, there's plenty of things to do around the city tomorrow (assuming that "go to work" isn't one of them for you). You can click below to see a few of them. Also, don't forget about our live chat at 11 a.m. tomorrow -- it's the first live chat about the Giants of the day! -- and there's this gruesome reminder. I have to get there a little earlier than most of you, but I plan on leaving my house on LI around 1 tomorrow just so there's no issues.
Stop laughing at me, Glauber!
On Thursday from 12 - 1:30 p.m. the New York Giants will host a kick-off tailgate street event to celebrate the opening of the 2008 championship season. Festivities will take place on Broad Street directly in front of the NYSE. The tailgate event will include music, giveaways, alumni player appearances, WFAN Fan Van and Playoff and Super Bowl XLII highlights review on a jumbotron. IRed WR David Tyree is scheduled to attend along with former Giants George Martin, Rodney Hampton and Otis Anderson. Bring your appetite and enjoy hot dogs, pretzels, popcorn and soft drinks.
*
Five former Giants players will represent the organization at the “NFL Opening Kickoff 2008 Presented by EA Sports” on Thursday at Columbus Circle in Manhattan. The former Giants are Super Bowl XXV MVP running back Ottis Anderson, Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson, defensive tackle Jim Burt, center Bart Oates and defensive end George Martin.
The festivities will also include Pro Football Hall of Famers Eric Dickerson, Deacon Jones, Anthony Munoz and Thurman Thomas as well as former greats Dick Anderson, Jamal Anderson, Tim Brown, Brian Mitchell, Mercury Morris and Rod Smith.
Usher, Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield will perform beginning at 3 p.m. America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions featuring the 2007 New York Giants will be shown to fans in Columbus Circle to kick off the event.
*
From 2 p.m. until the end of the first quarter, fans attending the Giants-Redskins game will have an opportunity to sign steel beams that will be used in the construction in the of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Last year, the Memorial & Museum traveled around the country to 25 cities in 25 states with steel beams. Tens of thousands of people became a part of history by signing their names and sharing their thoughts and reflections on 9/11 through “Notes of Hope.”
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is the not-for-profit corporation created to realize the Memorial quadrant at the World Trade Center site. The organization is responsible for raising the funds and overseeing the design for the project and will program and operate the Memorial & Museum located on 8 of the 16 acres of the site.
The Memorial will remember and honor the nearly three thousand people who died in the horrific attacks of February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001. The design, created by Michael Arad and Peter Walker, consists of two pools that reside in the footprints of the original Twin Towers, surrounded by a plaza of oak trees. The Arad/Walker design was selected from a design competition that included more than 5,000 entrants from 63 nations.
The Museum will display monumental artifacts associated with the events of September 11, while presenting intimate stories of loss, compassion, reckoning and recovery that are central to telling the story of September 11 and its aftermath. It will communicate key messages that embrace both the specificity and the universal implications of the events of 9/11; document the impact of those events on individual lives, as well as on local, national, and international communities; and explore the continuing significance of these events for our global community.
Donations can be made through and more information can be found at the Memorial & Museum’s website, www.national911memorial.org, or by calling 1-877-WTC-GIVE.
*
Martin, who recently completed a cross-country walk to benefit the ailing rescue and recovery workers who were at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will host a dinner and sports auction to raise more funds for the cause. It will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Sports Museum of America at 24 Broadway in Manhattan. Individual seats are available for $1,000. Those interested should call 917-687-1035.