How much turkey can Big Blue’s offensive line put away?

The Giants play on Thanksgiving, but that does not mean they have to forgo the holiday. There will be plenty to eat the next night, at Justin Pugh’s apartment in Jersey City.

“We got like 65 pounds of turkey,’’ Pugh said Tuesday, reciting the menu his private chef is set to prepare. “We got a couple hams. [D.J.] Fluker wanted a fried turkey, so we have a fried turkey. John Jerry is requesting a turducken. It should be good.’’

P ugh also mentioned cornbread s t uff i ng and appetizers. “All sort of appetizers,’’ he said.

This is Pugh’s party. He knew his teammates, playing the night before, would not be home or with family for the holiday and he want- ed to get the gang together. He invited the entire offensive line, and their girlfriends, to his apartment, along with his best friends from his hometown outside of Philadelphia, a gathering of about 35-40 people. He calls it “Friends-giving’’ and he is anticipating no one will leave hungry.

“A lot of guys are from all over the place so my whole thing is to try to give guys a place to go,’’ Pugh said. “We’re still family here.’’

Also on the guest list are neighbors who do not have anywhere to go on Thanksgiving. Pugh recently put out a heartwarming video chronicling his unlikely relationship with an older man from the neighborhood named Bill, who wrote a note asking Pugh for help paying his rent. A friendship blossomed and Bill will be at Pugh’s Friends-giving fete.

Pugh puts plywood over his pool table, providing plenty of surface-area to display all the food to be served. He said his chef knows to count each offensive lineman as 1.5 people when it comes to determining how much food is needed.

“He knows how I eat, so he’s able to scale it out,’’ Pugh said.

Most of Pugh’s childhood buddies are Eagles fans but he is not concerned about any fireworks.

“We’re not mixing state and church,’’ he said.

Pugh is sidelined with a back injury that forced him to miss the 12-9 victory over the Chiefs and will keep him out of Thursday night’s game with the Redskins.

“I’m not gonna try to rush back, make sure we do right

by it so I don’t keep hurting the team, hurting myself and screwing everybody involved,’’ said Pugh, who has his sights on returning for the Dec. 3 game at Oakland.

After the second game of the season, the offensive linemen got together and determined they needed to get closer off the field, and Wednesday night dinners became a weekly staple. The linemen stay late, and take turns purchasing food brought into the team facility. “We talk about things other than football,’’ Pugh said.

That tradition continues with his Friday night, highcalorie soiree.

“Weigh-ins are [Wednesday],’’ Pugh said, “so they’re safe.’’

The Giants are not exactly in great shape with another game coming sooner rather than later.

Receiver Sterling Shepard was not on the field for Tuesday’s light practice, and it appears he has little chance to play Thursday night against the Redskins. Shepard did not play in the 12-9 victory over the Chiefs because of a migraine, and he is not feeling any better.

“Sterling is not feeling well,’’ Ben McAdoo said. “We kept him in the training room and they’re taking a look at him. They’re looking at all the possibilities.’’

Calvin Munson, dealing with a quad injury, started at middle linebacker against the Chiefs and played 69 of the 75 defensive snaps. He was on the side during practice, doing some light jogging. Right tackle Justin Pugh worked with trainers on the side; he remains out with a back issue.

In addition to preparing to face the Giants, Redskins coach Jay Gruden said Tuesday was all about trying to figure out if he had enough healthy players. Like the Giants, the Redskins are banged up and coming off an overtime game. Unlike the Giants, who staged a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Chiefs, the Redskins blew a late lead in a 34-31 overtime loss to the Saints.

“Yeah, it’s quite the challenge,’’ Gruden said. “We just had our first walk-through here and trying to figure out who’s playing and who’s not playing and getting the guys who are playing ready to go.

“We’re only going to do walk-throughs this week. We’re pretty dinged up and we don’t have really enough guys to get 11-on-11 right now. Maybe I’ll do a little bit of running [Wednesday]. I’ll wait to see how we are.’’

By gametime, Gruden said, he will be excited to play Thanksgiving night. Until then, though, it is all about counting up the healthy bodies.

“Our heads are spinning right now,’’ Gruden said. “We’re trying to get ready to play a football game, we’re trying to find out who the healthy bodies are, make sure we’ve got 46 guys to strap it up and the 46 guys that are going to strap it up, we’ve got to get them ready to go.’’

Eli Manning, predictably, downplayed his emotional peptalk to his teammates before the game with the Chiefs, a talk described as “fiery’’ by running back Orleans Darkwa.

“Coach asked me to talk before the game and I can’t tell you what I said,’’ Manning said. “So I don’t think a pregame talk has ever won a football game before. So if he asks me to do it again, I will, but he usually switches that up.’’