Not Eli Manning. Not Odell Beckham Jr. Not even Brandon Marshall.
Nope, the Giants player who will appear in this year’s opening act for Sunday Night Football on NBC is Jason Pierre-Paul.
He and nine other NFL players will join Carrie Underwood for her performance of “Oh, Sunday Night,” the opening theme for the broadcast (the song is set to the music of “Somethin’ Bad,” a song by Underwood and Miranda Lambert).
The Giants and Cowboys will kick off the season in the prime-time slot on Sept. 10 in Dallas. Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott also will be in the opening.