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Giants' young safeties need to earn trust of their teammates

Can the youngsters grow up fast enough?

The New York Giants are starting from scratch at the safety position. They have two rookies, a second-year man who spent last season on IR and a third-year man who spent his entire second season on IR. No Antrel Rolle. No Deon Grant. No Kenny Phillips. No one, in fact, who has started a regular-season NFL game.

"There's youth and there's inexperience there," defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo said on Tuesday. "It doesn't matter what system you're in in my opinion defensively, those two particular guys are really important.