EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants needed rookie safety Landon Collins to start and play well. But just because they needed that didn't mean Collins was guaranteed to deliver.
"Rookie," Giants safeties coach Dave Merritt said when asked to assess Collins' performance so far. "In a college season right now, it would probably be over. So he's having to hit that second gear and try to get this thing going. Right now, as a rookie, to go through the NFL as a starter, to see all of the concepts and the speed of the game, he's coming along very slowly right now.