New York Giants: Rashad Jennings Excited for First Playoff Game

The New York Giants will be facing the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs on Sunday afternoon. For Rashad Jennings, it will be the first playoff game of his career.

The New York Giants will have a tall task ahead of them on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. Coming into the playoffs, the Packers are one of the hottest teams in the NFL, and the Giants are going to have to play great to beat them.

For running back Rashad Jennings, he is extremely excited for the opportunity to play in the postseason.

“I’m excited,” Jennings said following Thursday’s practice to Matt Lombardo of NJ.com. “They say ‘act like you’ve been there before,’ guess what, I’ve never been there. I don’t know how I might act. I know how I’m going to play. I’m going to play my tail off every snap I get.

This is the first time that the Giants have been in the postseason in a few years, and they will be entering with a rather inexperienced group of players. Aside from Eli Manning, many of the Giants have never been a postseason game. Also, head coach Ben McAdoo will be the head coach in his first playoff game as a rookie head coach.

“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. No other way around it. We’re in the playoffs. We get to play in the 17th game, this is why we play. Every single man throughout the offseason trains, prepares, coaches, organization, staff, everyone, ownership, you find a way to get into that game. It means everything.”

For Jennings, his first playoff game will come to the historic Lambeau Field. There have been countless great games in Green Bay, and Sunday could be another one.

"“You get to go to a historical place,” Jennings said to Lombardo. “Growing up just watching all the games and big-time playoff games that have taken place there. It’s an away trip. There will be cheeseheads everywhere. It’s something you think about when it’s a road to the championship. It’s fun.”"

This season has been a difficult one for Jennings and the Giants rushing offense. In 2016, Jennings has totaled just 593 rushing yards and has a poor 3.3 yards per carry average. If the Giants are going to pull off an upset in Green Bay, an improved rushing attack would be a welcomed sight.

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While playoff games will always get a player amped up, emotions must be kept in check. Finally, Jennings will hopefully be able to use his excitement to help propel him to a big game on Sunday.

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