"Giants safety Kenny Phillips and linebacker Keith Bulluck will play in Saturday's preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Tom Coughlin said after this afternoon's practice.

Phillips will return to the game action for the first time since Week 2 of last season. Bulluck is making his Giants debut, and is playing for the first time since ACL surgery seven months ago. There had been questions about Phillips' return because the safety suffered a major knee injury and had been slow to recover.

"Just the fact he was out there working and he hadn't suffered any setbacks," Coughlin said about Phillips' return. "The leg was stronger, he wanted to keep doing more and the doctors agreed.""