Practice-Squad Corners Are Starting on Monday Night

Deonte Banks is still Questionable, and the injury report hasn't gotten kinder since I wrote about this two days ago. The depth chart at cornerback lists Nic Jones and Jaden Robinson as the top two options — neither with meaningful production logged this season. The Giants are heading into a road game against the Rams leaning on players who were on the practice squad not long ago, which is a hard thing to dress up.

The preseason chaos at the position was a warning. The Giants cycled through cornerbacks all summer — releasing two in August, watching another retire four days after signing — and never really solved it. They went into the season thin, won Week 1 anyway, and are now being asked to hold together against a Rams offense that will find out quickly what they have back there.

The run game and the skill pieces can carry a lot. Tyrone Tracy and Cam Skattebo give the Giants a way to control the clock, and if Nabers is healthy enough to demand attention, the math gets more manageable. But none of that helps if the Rams simply throw over the top of whoever lines up at corner Monday night. That's the problem the Giants can't scheme around — they just have to hope the guys they have are better than the résumé suggests.