Live updates from Giants training camp: It’s Fan Fest Friday!

It is Fan Fest Friday for the New York Giants. The Giants will practice in MetLife Stadium Friday evening in front of thousands of fans who received free tickets to the event. Practice begins at 6:15 p.m.

If you are heading out to the stadium, be aware that the weather is threatening with more than a 30 percent chance of evening thunderstorms.

Giants coach Brian Daboll will be coaching his team in the stadium for the first time. He is looking forward to the event.

“I think it’s awesome. I think it’s, you know, again, the more fans you have, the more juice you get as a player and as a coach. And I think it’s good. It’s the next step,” Daboll said. “Spring ball is obviously a lot different than training camp. You have the fans out here. There’s energy. There’s a lot of people watching. You try not to let the outside affect your performance. You try to concentrate on your job. But everybody’s human. So, the more people there are, there’s added pressure at times for certain players. And other times they can handle it. So, I think it’s just another step in getting ready for our preseason game.”

The Giants’ first preseason game is less than a week away. They travel to Foxboro, Mass. Thursday, Aug. 11 to face the New England Patriots.

Daboll said Wednesday that the offense and defense “will compete against each other” during Friday evening’s practice. He was not sure, though, exactly what form that would take. Daboll also indicated that coaches who will work from upstairs during games will also do so on Friday.

Yours truly will be in East Rutherford for practice. As usual, I will have practice takeaways and any other news and observations. The day will begin with player media availability at 2:30. Follow @BigBlueView on Twitter and the Twitter stream below for live updates.

Here is some of what has happened thus far in training camp:

• Giants’ UDFA TE/FB Jeremiah Hall making strong bid to catch on

• Giants training camp, Day 7: Kenny Golladay up, Evan Neal down, Daniel Jones good again
• Giants training camp, Day 6: Daniel Jones’ best practice, more takeaways
• Giants’ Adoree’ Jackson embracing being a veteran in the locker room
• Oshane Ximines humbled by rough 2021 season
• Giants training camp, Day 5: First padded practice takeaways
• First big injury: Rookie safety Dane Belton breaks collarbone
• Ed had a 1-on-1 interview with second-year edge rusher Elerson Smith, who has had a good start to training camp. In Friday’s ‘Valentine’s Views’ podcast, you can hear some of what Smith had to say.

• Giants training camp, Week 1: 5 Risers and 3 fallers
• Evan Neal: ‘Nobody can criticize me harder than myself’
• Giants’ Andrew Adams is no longer ‘wet behind the ears’
• Day 4 practice report: First fight, and a whole lot more
• Day 3 practice report: Offense falters under pressure.
• Day 2 practice report: A big commotion about motion.
• Day 1 practice report: New day for the Giants’ offense.
• Brian Daboll and GM Joe Schoen kicked off camp with a joint press conference.

Find all the camp coverage you need via our Giants Training Camp StoryStream.

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