Thursday night's game against the Washington Commanders should be like a homecoming game for the NFC East-leading New York Giants.
The team will wear its throwback 1980s all-white uniforms and has encouraged fans to do the same. They are calling it the Giants' "White Out."
❕ WHITE OUT ❕
— New York Giants (@Giants) November 9, 2026
Wear white to TNF! All fans will receive a rally towel & lightbands! pic.twitter.com/2uxiYxMQa1
The game will stream on Amazon Prime for the world to see as John Harbaugh's 5-2-1 Giants head into the second half of the 2026 season, focused on winning their first division title in 15 years.
This is an important divisional game, and the Giants aren't looking past the 2-5-1 Commanders, who are calling this a "must-win."
"We want to go 1-0, but this game is more than
1-0. It's 2-0, just because the last game ended out in a tie that we should have had," Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers said on Tuesday. "So, both of us are fighting to get this game. We're trying to go 2-0 since we lost the last one, well, since we finished off in a tie last time, which we should have won. But this game is the same as importance as every game, we're going to try to go out there and give our best shot to get this dub."
“We definitely don’t want to let ’em down, man,” running back Devin Singletary told the New York Post. “Want to go out there and handle business.”
“It’s gonna be a lot of fun,” Singletary added. “I know it’s gonna be rocking. I know they’re gonna come out and show out for us. Hopefully they make a lot of noise and make it hard on the other team.”
“It’d be awesome if the whole stadium was white, and it was a nice dark day with lights on, it’d be pretty cool,” running back Cam Skattebo told The Post. “I’ve never been a part of a whiteout myself, nor have I played against a whiteout. I can’t wait to see what the Giants fans bring.” It will also be quarterback J.J. McCarthy's first home start. Although he's used to big crowds, having played his college ball at Michigan, he is in for a treat as the Giants fan base is stoked.
"He'll be ready," Harbaugh said of McCarthy. "He's played in a lot of big stadiums before, and he'll love our fans. I can tell him that. I can tell him that. He's going to love our fans."
McCarthy was asked what it's going to be like to run onto that stadium for the first time as the starting quarterback for the New York Football Giants.
"I haven't thought about it until now, but I'm just so blessed to be a part of this team," he told reporters Tuesday. "I say it over and over again, and I just can't thank the Giants organization and the fanbase for welcoming me. At the end of the day, it's running out there to do my job at a high level and go get a win on Thursday night. That's the only thing I care about, so just being able to embrace that, soak it up but at the end of the day, it's about that first play."
The Giants haven't played a meaningful game in many years, especially at home. Time to change that.
“This New York fanbase, especially with the Knicks winning this last year,” Skattebo said, “so being able to see the Giants continue to win and hopefully come out with a championship at the end of it would be pretty special.”
It sure would.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: New York Giants call for 'White Out' at MetLife Stadium vs. Commanders
