The Giants starting safety Bennett Jackson sustained a major knee injury against the Jacksonville Jaguars and will be lost for the season, the latest injury that has ravaged the team’s most inexperienced position.
The free-agent safety Justin Currie broke his right ankle and fibula earlier in the game Saturday night covering a kickoff, and Jackson went down in the waning minutes of the 22-12 victory, playing because the team did not have enough safeties.
Coach Tom Coughlin said Jackson had torn his anterior cruciate ligament while tackling a tight end. Jackson, a second-year player, had converted from cornerback this preseason and started the first two games.