A team record was matched Sunday when Julian Love started at safety.
Love became the eighth of the 10 2019 draft picks to start at least one game this season for the Giants. That tied the 1971 team that started eight draft picks as the most since the 1970 merger. Ten rookies have started at least one game, the most since 1980.
So, Pat Shurmur’s contention “this is a historically young team that’s going out there’’ is not wholly unfounded. His defensive backfield is filled with rookies and first-year players but across the board, this is not a bunch of kids.