Why the Giants aren't panicking (yet) over the mishaps in the defensive secondary

To a degree, the Giants knew that given all the youth and inexperience they had in their defensive secondary, things probably wouldn't be as smooth as they should at first.

But in no way, shape or form did the likely think things would be as bad as they were last week against Dallas when thee defensive secondary, and in particular Antonio Hamilton and DeAndre Baker, were torched by Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and his band of merry men to the tune of four touchdowns.

But therein lies the beuaty--sort of--of being a deefnsive back: having a short meory.

"Don’t worry about it," Janoris Jenkins, one of the senior members of that defensive backfield, said when asked what he's told his younger teammates who were made to look silly by the Cowboys.

"We have to see them again. We play them twice a year. They won that battle. We need to win the next one."

Ah, but if they intend to win the next one, they are going to have to clean up the communication issues that contributed to the busted coverages and wide-open exposure of the middle of the field.

Jenkins agreed and said it all begins in practice.

"Just communicating in practice, everyone swarming to the ball, and everyone just playing fast and understanding the defense," he said.

Head coach Pat Shurmur said in looking ta the film that the mistakes made weren't necessarily exclusive to pre-snap reads but added that he believes that after working with the team as a whole to make corrections from that Week 1 debacle, the players have a better understanding of certain things.

"The mistakes that were made were made very obvious. We made an effort to correct them," he said Wednesday.

"What you have to do now, you have to embrace the hard work of going out and practicing the right eye discipline, the right leverage, getting lined up quickly because we’re also in the world of quick snaps, which we all do, and then play with technique throughout the down.

"Then once the ball goes up in the air, then do what you do naturally. It’s all of the things that we teach and preach."

Jenkins admitted that he didn't think there would be as many busted coverages as there were in that game, but added that the Cowboys game served as a wakeup call and reminder as to how important studying the film down to the minute detail really is.

"(The young players) came in (Wednesday) and Monday with a different mindset as far as studying film more, learning our concepts and stuff that you have to do in formation," Jenkins said.

"Once the younger guys learn that, watch the film and learn how to watch film a little better, they’re going to be okay. "

"Today is going to be our first real workday, so I’ll have more of a gauge on that, see how the preparation changes, how do we prioritize things," added safety Jabrill Peppers.

"At the end of the day, everybody had a hand in a lot of those coverages, so we all just have to be on one accord, overcommunicate, and make sure that doesn’t happen again."