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Giants vs. Patriots Live Blog: 2nd QTR

0:00 — PATRIOTS 3, GIANTS 0 (key stat: Weatherford punted six times in the half with a long of 64 yards and an average of 55.3)

1:11 — Rueben Randle back to return punts for the first time tonight, signals fair catch.

2:00 — Broha puts a good hit on Mallett for a sack. He has 1.5 on the night.

8:17 — Backup QB David Carr takes over for Manning, who finishes 4/8 for 29 yards.

*Heading into Friday’s roster cuts to 53, this final preseason game is a last chance for fringe players to leave an impression. On defense, players like Matt Broha (3 tackles 0.5 sacks), Dwayne Hendricks (4 tackles), Adewale Ojomo (1 tackle), Craig Marshall (3 tackles, 0.5 sacks), and Markus Kuhn (1 tackle) doing a good job of that so far.

8:27 — FIELD GOAL: PATRIOTS. Patriots 3, Giants 0 (drive 12 plays, 51 yards in 4:58)

15:00 – Matt Broha and Craig Marshall (starting in place of Jason Pierre-Paul and Justin Tuck, respectively) combine for a sack of Patriots QB Ryan Mallett.

Giants vs. Patriots Live Blog: 1st QTR

0:00 — GIANTS 0, PATRIOTS 0 (key stat: Eli Manning has played three series so far)

6:13 — Steve Weatherford boots a 59-year punt that rolls out of bounds, pinning the Patriots back at their own 10. It was his longest of the preseason. Good play especially on a #WeatherfordWednesday.

9:30 — Returning from a foot injury, Hakeem Nicks grabs his first reception of the preseason on the first ball thrown to him, a six-yard pickup over the middle.

10:53 — Antrel Rolle makes a nice open field tackle, wrapping up FB Eric Kattani until reinforcements arrived.

13:48 — Jacquian Williams, making his first appearance of the preseason, nearly intercepts a pass on the left sideline, which would have been a sure pick-six. Nonetheless, the ball falls incomplete, and the Giants force Patriots to punt. *Jerrel Jernigan getting his turn tonight fielding punts.

15:00 — Game Day Captains: WR Domenik Hixon, TE Bear Pascoe, LB Keith Rivers. Patriots win the toss and elect to receive. Giants will defend the west goal.

Kickoff: 7:00 pm ET

Location: MetLife Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ

TV: NFL Network

Weather: Partly Cloudy. 79 °F, Wind: WNW 8 mph

FLIP CARD CHANGES:

» Sean Locklear will start at LT in place of Will Beatty

» Mitch Petrus will start at RG in place of Chris Snee

» David Wilson will start at RB in place of Ahmad Bradshaw

» Craig Marshall will start at LDE in place of Justin Tuck

» Matt Broha will start at RDE in place of Jason Pierre-Paul

» Jacquian Williams will start at LB in place of Mathias Kiwanuka

» Keith Rivers will start at LB in place of Michael Boley

» Michael Coe will start at CB in place of Prince Amukamara

Weatherford engages fan with Giant proposal

The punter who became famous for wearing a wedding ring during games helped a fan hand out his own this weekend.

Yesterday after practice, punter Steve Weatherford walked off the field and delivered a football to a man named Bryan Wheeler, who in return handed it off to Jacklene Murt.

The inscription on the ball read: “Jacklene, will you marry me? Love, Bryan.”

It did the trick.

“I thought it went great, she said yes,” Weatherford said on Monday. “I don’t know if I’ll get invited to the wedding or not. It was fun. It was very flattering to be requested to do that. It was a lot of fun.”

Weatherford’s own wedding band made headlines in January, when the world saw him wear it as he held Lawrence-Tynes’ game-winning field goal that sent the Giants to Super Bowl XLVI.

So he was happy to help and explained how it went down.

“I think he contacted our community relations people and requested that the craziest guy on the team help him out,” Weatherford said. “I don’t think he had to look too far down the roster…Obviously whenever you get to do something like that, it’s flattering because it makes you realize how important you are to a lot of people. The guy hopefully, cross your fingers, is only going to get married once, and I was the one to help him get engaged.”