Giants news, 8/6: There is a football game this week!

Good morning, New York Giants fans! The Giants have a football game this week, hosting the Cleveland Browns in their preseason opener on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.

Before that, two more practices, today and Tuesday. The Tuesday practice will be the final public practice for the Giants, so get out there if you can.

Let’s check the headlines as we get your week started.

True Giants: 5 linemen explain life at their size | 'Nothing fits!' 'You need that ice cream?' 'People will buy you a beer' | NJ.com
Size is a virtue on Giants offensive line and defensive line. But when the pads come off? Good luck navigating airplanes, beds and clothing stores, say these hog mollies.

Young Giants embrace pitfalls, profits of life on social media
He has to.

He does not always want to and, perhaps sometime in the future, he will pull away from it. For now, though, Sterling Shepard admits his existence,...

No playoff predictions from Giants this year | Newsday
Team has learned from last season's widespread overconfidence.

Giants giving kicker Aldrick Rosas a second chance after rough rookie season | Newsday
He missed 28 percent of his field-goal attempts and 3 extra points.

Giants coach sticks to the positive side of Twitter
When he sees something he likes, he might tweet about it. If he reads something he appreciates about one of his players, he will retweet it. This is a fairly...