The Giants will face the Lions on Aug. 17 in preseason game No. 2 for both teams, but it is likely they will see plenty of each other before kickoff. If new head coach Pat Shurmur has his way, there will be a series of joint practices leading up to the game, which would put the Giants in Allen Park, Mich. for a few days this summer.

Shurmur said recently the Giants were “in discussions’’ as far as finding a partner for joint practices and those discussions are underway. The game with the Lions is the one true preseason road trip for the Giants, as they are technically the road team for the Aug. 24 game against the Jets at MetLife Stadium.

The Giants holding joint practices with the Jets is never a good idea. The last time New York’s two teams tried it was in 2005 and a series of brawls broke out across the fields at the University at Albany.

More recently, Tom Coughlin took the Giants to Cincinnati in 2015 for joint practices with the Bengals leading into a preseason meeting of the teams. The Giants were often dominated during those practice sessions, a sign of things to come. The Bengals finished 12-4 and won the AFC North, while the Giants went 6-10 to place third in the NFC East.

Coaches use joint practices as a way to increase the intensity of practice in a controlled environment. Players grow tired of working against the same teammates every day; putting a different team on the field adds to the competitive nature of the drills and allows the coaching staff to better evaluate their players.

The Giants and Lions both have first-year head coaches. Former Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia was one of the three finalists for the Giants’ job but he preferred the Lions.