Opportunity knocked, and Jude McAtamney kicked it through the uprights.

When the Giants signed Younghoe Koo to their practice squad last week, it was easy to assume the former Pro Bowler was going to get the first shot at replacing injured veteran Graham Gano.

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But McAtamney — in his second year on the Giants practice squad through the NFL International Pathways Program — edged Koo in a practice-week competition.

“Jude, just having been here, understood the operation time a little bit more, and we just felt like he gave us the best chance to win,” special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial said.

Instead of being insulted that the

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