Giants fullback/tight end Jakob Johnson ended an interview session on Wednesday by saying, “Danke schon,” which means “thank you very much” in German. Johnson wasn’t trying to bone up on his German ahead of the Giants’ trip to Munich to play ...

The first thing Jakob Johnson planned to do upon his return home was stop in an authentic German bakery.  Johnson, a Giants fullback who lived in Germany until he was 18 years old, lined up 52 tickets for friends and family to come to Sunday’s game against the Panthers at Allianz Arena — home of the Bayern Munich soccer team.

Jakob Johnson knows better than most what Sunday's game between the Giants and the Panthers means to Germany. It's because this means even more to him