EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The struggles have been real for rookie cornerback DeAndre Baker.
Maybe if he was playing on the interior or had more time to acclimate to the NFL game it wouldn't be so painfully obvious to anyone who has watched the New York Giants this season that he is experiencing serious growing pains. But that reality has been on full display.
Baker is a rookie. He plays on the outside, often on an island, exposed like a young buck in a field of wolves. It has been a problem for the first-round pick and the Giants.