The Giants have lost two of their inexperienced safeties.
The rookie Mykkele Thompson will miss the season with an Achilles’ tendon injury, and the projected starter Landon Collins will be sidelined for at least a week with a sprained knee, Coach Tom Coughlin announced Saturday.
Thompson and Collins were hurt in the first half of the Giants’ opening preseason loss at Cincinnati on Friday night. Collins is a second-round draft pick, and the Giants took Thompson in the fifth round.
That leaves Cooper Taylor, the injured Nat Berhe (calf), the converted cornerback Bennett Jackson and the veteran Jeromy Miles as safeties.