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New York Giants to Wear Red Alternate Jerseys

Giants: For one game, call 'em Big Red

BY MIKE GARAFOLO
Star-Ledger Staff

Big Blue will soon be turning red. At least for one game.

The Giants have succumbed to the NFL marketing blitz and will introduce a red jersey for one of their home games.

The storied franchise's apparent departure from its traditional color is actually a return to its roots. The Giants wore all-red jerseys from the late 1930s to the mid-'50s.

"We're keeping to our heritage and replicating what was worn in the early days of the Giants," vice president of marketing Rusty Hawley said.

Hawley would not say for which game the team would wear the third jersey, but for several reasons, it appears the red will be unveiled on Nov. 28 against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Home teams dictate whether they will wear either their color or their white jersey, leaving the visitors to wear the opposite jersey. That leaves the last four home games, since it is unlikely the Giants will wear the alternate uniform tomorrow.

The game against the Eagles is three days into the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, giving the public plenty of time to add the jersey to their list.

And last year, it was the Eagles who unveiled their third, black jersey for the first time against the Giants. Philadelphia won that game, 28-10. By wearing the red, the Giants would seemingly be firing back at the Eagles.

Most players who were asked about the red jersey welcomed the change.

"We should wear all red," linebacker Nick Greisen said. "We had all-red uniforms in high school and in college (at Wisconsin). They looked great."

Greisen will be disappointed to learn that the team will either wear its standard gray pants or beige bottoms similar to the ones worn in the 1930s and '40s.

Of course, quarterback Kurt Warner probably won't mind wearing the red jersey. He wears one every day in practice to remind defenders not to hit him. No word yet on whether the Eagles will comply.

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