Giants lose yet another safety

There comes a time when a mole hill actually becomes a mountain, and the New York Giants' defensive secondary may have achieved the feat this entire preseason.

Starting safety Bennett Jackson will miss the 2015 season after suffering what they called a major knee injury in the Giants' 22-12 exhibition win over Jacksonville on Saturday.

Jackson tore his ACL while attempting a tackle on a Jaguars tight end in the closing minutes of that contest, and fellow safety Justin Currie was also lost for the duration after cracking his right ankle and fibula while serving on kickoff duties.

Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, rarely pleased even in the best of times, remained unpleased.

"It's amazing, the way that's going," he said after Saturday's game. "We earmarked it as a problem position for us, the safety position, and we had two guys hurt tonight in that spot. Hopefully, we'll get a couple of guys back to practice that weren't able to play. It's just hard to even comment on."

It is hard to comment on something that really isn't there. They lost three starters in the free agency period and failed to sign Devin McCourty before adding a few little known names to replace them. They drafted Alabama's Landon Collins with their No. 20 overall selection in April's NFL Draft, but he sat out Saturday's game with a knee injury he picked up the week before in Cincinnati. 

Safety Mykkele Thompson also went down that night and will miss the year after tearing his Achilles tendon. Nat Berhe (calf) and Cooper Taylor (toe) also missed some practice time.

The silver lining in the Giants' defensive cloud is the good news they got after linebacker Jon Beason went down with a sprained ankle. Beason now says that injury is not serious and won't threaten his plans to start the regular season opener at the Cowboys in three weeks.

"It's minor, nothing too concerning in my book," he said, via the Associated Press. "Hopefully these [other] injuries slow down. They have been coming fast and furious for us the past couple of weeks."