Engram gets hurt again GIANTS NOTES

Tight end Evan Engram has been one of the most durable players for the Giants this summer, enduring training camp without missing a beat. Coming off a season in which he played in all 16 games for the first time in his fouryear career, Engram was successfully shaking the injury-bug label that stuck to him in his previous years.

Engram, though, did not make it out of his first preseason action, as he was forced out of Sunday night’s 22-20 loss to the Patriots at MetLife Stadium with a left calf injury. Given the nature of calf injuries — they tend to linger — this could be a troublesome development for the Giants, as they open the regular season in two weeks with a home game against the Broncos.

Engram had three catches for 22 yards before he left the field.

Receiver Darius Slayton departed in the second quarter with injuries to his foot and ankle and did not return.

Backup QB Mike Glennon hit WR Alex Bachman for a 12-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. Glennon tossed a 43-yard touchdown pass to Damion Willis with eight seconds remaining to pull the Giants within two points, but the two-point conversion failed when Glennon’s pass to Dante Pettis fell incomplete.

FB Eli Penny in the second half had runs of 15 and 14 yards against the Patriots second-team defense. … OLB Trent Harris, making a push to make the roster, had a sack of rookie QB Mac Jones .…K Graham Gano missed a 41-yard fieldgoal attempt in the third quarter. Gano missed only one field goal try in 2020. … Veteran offensive linemen Ted Larsen, trying to make the team as a backup guard/ center, limped off the field with 3:57 remaining.