Rookie Dru Phillips emerging as bright spot for woeful Giants’ defense: ‘He’s a dog’
NY Post
It’s difficult to find many bright spots on the Giants’ defense through two games.
But Dru Phillips has been hard to miss, regardless of how rotten the performances have been around him.
Besides star Dexter Lawrence, the rookie cornerback has likely been the most impressive player on the Giants’ defense through two games.
“Being out there as a rookie, guys rely on me to know what I’m doing and to go out there and make plays,” Phillips told The Post after Giants practice on Friday. “I try to go out there and do my stuff, because all camp, if I make a mistake, I know they’re all staring at me. So I’m just trying not to mess up and go do what I got to do.”
The Giants drafted Phillips out of Kentucky in the third round, and he had appeared to win the starting nickel cornerback spot coming out of training camp and the preseason.
But he surprisingly didn’t start Week 1 in a 28-6 loss to the Vikings and played just 29 percent of snaps on defense.
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