The chances of Olivier Vernon being able to play in Sunday’s season opener are dwindling each day he misses practice, which he did again Thursday. And so, look for veteran newcomer Connor Barwin and rookier Lorenzo Carter to pick up the slack at outside linebacker for the Giants against the Jaguars.
“If you ever were to have to play without someone, then it’s just the other guys at that position have to step up, and it’s going to be multiple guys handling whatever that job was,’’ defensive coordinator James Bettcher said Thursday.