The Giants need to be ready when September comes, so they're ramping up the intensity in August.

After playing their healthy starters in Saturday's preseason opener in Buffalo, the Giants bused 30 miles west to Florham Park on Tuesday. There, they held the first leg of home-and-away joint practices with the Jets ahead of their annual preseason matchup Saturday night at MetLife Stadium.

"That's why you do these things," said coach Brian Daboll, whose team will host their AFC East counterparts on Wednesday at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. "Get to evaluate some other guys against other guys, we've been going against each other for a number of weeks. We expect good, competitive practices."

Tuesday provided a glimpse of just that. Here's everything you need to know:

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