As much as the New York Giants linebacker play was sub par, to put it nicely, the play at safety was equally as poor. However, the safeties were relatively healthy compared to the linebackers. Rookie Landon Collins looked out of his element in coverage and was exploited early. He didn’t have success until Steve Spagnuolo moved him to the line of scrimmage. Brandon Meriweather was signed out of necessity and has never been a solid pass defender.
The rest of the depth at safety was either injured or inadequate. Mykelle Thompson and Nat Berhe didn’t play a regular season snap and the Giants have seen what they have in Craig Dahl and Cooper Taylor and it’s not pretty.