Lorenzo Carter and Connor Barwin hit it off almost immediately, one a rookie and the other heading into his 10th NFL season. On Sunday, they may need to combine forces to plug up one of the only real holes in the Giants’ lineup that is due to injury.
Olivier Vernon (high ankle sprain) missed Thursday’s practice, and the likelihood of his playing against the Jaguars is bleak. “Certainly when we don’t have OV in there, we’ve got to compensate and maybe two or three guys have to do what he does,” Pat Shurmur said. Enter Carter and Barwin, who figure to play big parts on the committee to replace Vernon.