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Giants' Eli Manning plans to play in preseason opener

Two-time Super Bowl champion Eli Manning would like to put his historically bad 2013 season in his rear-view and concentrate on improving his mechanics, while simultaneously familiarizing himself with newly-minted offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo.

In order to properly dip his toes into a brand new season, Manning is hoping to get some extra reps during preseason games, starting with the Hall of Fame Game against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.

"I'll listen to what the coaches decide, obviously, but if you could you'd like to get out there for an extra series or so just to get your mechanics down, get into the rhythm of it," Manning told ESPN Monday. "The first preseason game, you don't really do a whole lot, but it'll be interesting to see the mechanics of everything, the game-planning and how it all works in this new offense." 

Since the Giants are participating in the Hall of Fame Game, they'll have five preseason games as opposed to four, something head coach Tom Coughlin said will help them develop their new offense.

"There are five games, and you approach it in different ways when you have five instead of four," Coughlin said. "But we are going to benefit from this, from more opportunities in the new offense."

The Giants finished a disappointing 7-9 last season, while Manning threw a career high 27 interceptions.

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