The best sight for the Giants yesterday morning was seeing center Shaun O’Hara on the field, participating and on schedule to start Sunday in the season opener against the Panthers. The most ominous sight was the absence of cornerback Aaron Ross

The Post’s Steve Serby talked with Giants defensive end Justin Tuck about the team’s prospects this season and Super Bowl hype that’s surrounding the rival Jets.

Q: Can the Giants be a top 10 defense?
A: Absolutely. But obviously it doesn’t mean

Brandon Jacobs has always been content to share the load at running back as part of a 1-2 punch or at times even in a 1-2-3 punch. But, angered he was never informed of a demotion in the pecking order, he has let his frustration come to the surface.

If he was called on in a regular-season game, could Rhett Bomar keep the offense moving and direct the Giants to a victory?
“You want me to say no?” Bomar asked after last night’s 20-17 preseason victory over the Patriots. “I feel like I could. I’m

Coach Tom Coughlin will jump in a hot tub with Tiki Barber before Matt Leinart is traded to the Giants to serve as backup quarterback to Eli Manning. Reports yesterday surfaced that the Giants have engaged in talks with the Cardinals about trading for

This week Eli Manning said he has no idea what his record is in preseason games, and it sure sounded as if he didn’t much care. “I don’t know if it’s good or bad or what,” he said casually. For a bottom-line guy like Manning, such a…

The Giants trimmed their roster to 75 players yesterday, and placed wide receiver Sinorice Moss along with backup quarterback Jim Sorgi and rookie linebacker Adrian Tracy on the season-ending injured reserve.
They also cut Brooklyn-bred wideout Nyan

The job of protecting Eli Manning has gone from important to imperative. Big Blue yesterday put QB Jim Sorgi — the veteran brought in to back up Manning — on season-ending IR yesterday. That leaves them a play away from entrusting the season to Rhett

After coach Tom Coughlin had ripped his team’s effort and execution in Saturday’s loss at Baltimore, a number of Giants admitted yesterday they were surprised at the mental mistakes and glaring gaffes. They cautioned they can’t expect to sleepwalk

BALTIMORE — First the good news:
Eli Manning didn’t bleed.
He merely found himself soaked inside a ravenous bloodbath.
He survived.
He’ll be making his 88th consecutive start in the regular season in two weeks against the Panthers.
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