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EAST RUTHERFORD Daniel Jones Giants Jersey , N.J. (AP) —d on halfback Saquon Barkley, it's easy to forget the New York Giants have been getting contributions from some other rookies.Will Hernandez, the second-round pick, has started all 12 games at left guard and helped Barkley get within 46 yards of a 1,000-yard rushing season.The guy who gets overlooked is defensive lineman B.J. Hill, the third-round pick out of North Carolina State who was the 69th player chosen in the draft. Hill, who started two of the first seven games, has been a mainstay in the lineup since New York traded defensive tackle Damon Harrison to Detroit in October."When he came in, the thing that stood out the most, is that he's ahead of his time in terms of his maturity level," defensive coordinator James Bettcher said Thursday."In the meeting room, on the practice field, the way he works, the conversation, you can rip his butt, you can coach him hard, lift him up, he can handle all that beyond what many rookies I've been around have been able to."Bettcher also is impressed Hill is not hitting the wall late in the season. He is actually playing better.A North Carolina State product, Hill had a career game this past weekend against the Chicago Bears with three tackles and three sacks. He has a team-high five sacks, which ties the team rookie record set by linebacker Andy Headen in 1983 and tied by tackle Cornelius Griffin in 2000.Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor had 9½ sacks as a rookie in 1981, but that was a year before sacks became an official statistic, so it is not officially the record.No Giants rookie has ever finished a season leading the team in sacks."It feels pretty good Deandre Baker Jersey ," Hill said of getting a sack, which he compared to a receiver scoring a touchdown. "I am not going to lie, especially since we won the game. It was an amazing feeling, especially when you have the guys celebrating with you and congratulating you."Hill is different than most rookies. He is quiet, mature and not very flashy. There was no elaborate sack dance after any of his takedowns of Bears quarterback Chase Daniel.The Giants had 14 sacks in their first 11 games and picked up five Sunday, with linebacker Olivier Vernon getting the other two."I just think the team is coming together and we're playing as one now," Hill said. "You can see the way we are playing, the way we practice, the way we go about ourselves on a day-to-day basis."The biggest adjustment Hill has had to make is living in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area. There are many more people than in North Carolina and there is no comparing the traffic.Hill played on one of the best defensive lines in college last year. The Wolfpack had Bradley Chubb — the No. 5 pick overall by Denver — Justin Jones, who also was taken in the third round by the Chargers, and Kentavius Street, who was drafted in the fourth round by the Niners.Chubb leads all rookies with 10 sacks. He also took note of Hill's accomplishment on Sunday."He did text me congratulations," Hill said.Notes: The Giants decided not to activate veteran RB Jonathan Stewart from injured reserve. He was designated to return from a foot injury (Sept. 28) and has practiced the past three weeks. … S Landon Collins was officially placed on injured reserve. He needs shoulder surgery to fix a partially torn labrum incurred Sunday. … S Michael Thomas was selected as the Giants' nominee for the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. The award is for outstanding community service activities off the field as well as excellence on the field. … TE Evan Engram (hamstring), WR Sterling Shepard (ribs) and LB Lorenzo Carter (hip) practiced full Thursday after being limited on Wednesday. LBs Tae Davis (foot) missed his second straight practice, while LB B.J. Goodson (neck/foot) was limited. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — This is getting to look familiar to New York Giants fans. Too familiar.With Odell Beckham Jr., healthy, rookie Saquon Barkley in the backfield, Sterling Shepard emerging as a complementary target, the Giants’ offense should be far more dangerous than in last season’s debacle.It sure didn’t look that way Sunday in a 33-18 loss to New Orleans. The Saints didn’t even need Drew Brees to be his usual dominating self because, after New York’s superb opening drive, the offense pretty much went silent until it was too late.Reminiscent of last year under a different coaching staff that didn’t survive the full schedule and the Giants wound up 3-13.“It’s a tough question. It seems like it shouldn’t be this hard http://www.giantsfanshop.com/Oshane-Ximines-Jersey , but it is,” said Beckham, held to 60 yards on seven receptions. “We got to come with the energy like our game last week (a win at Houston). It’s not one person doing this or one person doing that. It’s got to be everybody. We’ve just got to stick together.“It’s definitely not the results we want, the outcome. It’s not the way we want to play.”It’s similar to how they played in 2017, though, and that’s been true throughout September, when they went 1-3 to fall into the NFC East cellar they occupied last season.Following an impressive 10-play, 75-yard drive on their first series that Shepard capped with a 2-yard scoring catch from Eli Manning, the offensive stagnated. While their defense held New Orleans to four first-half field goals, the Giants were managing two punts and a lost fumble.Then the Saints got their attack on track and the Giants couldn’t keep up.“We were going to just have to have some long drives and continue to play that way,” said Manning, whose solid numbers — 31 for 41 for 255 yards and one touchdown — belied the effectiveness of the offense. “There were a few times where they knocked us out of some good down and distance and we weren’t able to sustain some drives.”When the Giants brought in Pat Shurmur, the NFL’s Assistant Coach of the Year in 2017 while coordinating Minnesota’s offense, then added Barkley as the No. 2 overall draft pick, it wasn’t supposed to be this way. The elements at the skill positions were in place with Beckham back to health and tight end Evan Engram (now out with a sprained knee) rapidly developing.But Manning needs solid protection, something he rarely gets. Barkley is terrific and picking up yards on his own, but that’s a difficult chore down after down.So the Giants have scored 73 points in four games, with 27 coming in the win at Houston.“We need to score more points,” Shurmur said, stating the obvious. “We had a good first drive and we have to do more of it throughout. That’s what I make of it. We need to get better.“We need to get back to work and play our way through this. You just keep working. You play your way out of it and you coach your way out of it. Period. That’s what you do. That’s the reality of it. That’s what I trust our guys and our coaches will do.”It won’t be easy with staunch defenses in Carolina and Philadelphia up next.“I think we have talent,” Manning said. We just have to put it all together.”