Smooth handoff from Jones to McCoy expected

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — JerrySchuplinskisaid hedidn’tnoticewhenDaniel Jones initially hurt his right hamstringona7-yardrunlast SundayagainsttheBengals.

When the quarterback handed the ball off on the next play and was limping, that was when Schuplinski became aware there was somethingwrong.Andwhen Jones could barely push off his back leg to make a throw onthepassafterthat, well . . .

“I screamed out: ‘Get loose!’ ” the quarterbacks coachrecalled Tuesday.

By that time, though, Colt McCoy had already made his way to the bench to grab a football and start warming up.

“The life of a backup,” Schuplinski said, “is that they don’t need you until they need you. But when they need you they really needyou.”

TheGiantswilllikelybein thatlaststageofneedSunday. While Jones still has the rest oftheweektorehabandheal fromhisinjuryintimetoface the Seahawks this week, the team is preparing for life without their starting quarterback.

That means getting McCoy up to speed on leading the team in a game that pitstwoteamsthatareinfirst placeintheirrespectivedivisions . . . even though Seattle (8-3) hastwiceasmanywins as the Giants (4-7).

Overall, though, Schuplinski said not much will change.

“We’re sort of creatures of habit in what we do,” he said. “I would say we try to prepare all of our guys to be ready to play and ready to go and understand the gameplan.Weholdallofour meetings together; there is not a whole lot of individual one-on-onetime.

“Maybe there will be a little bit of extra stuff with Colt just to make sure and verify some stuff, but he’s been preparing the whole time as if he’s going to play. He just doesn’t get as many repsinpractice. Idon’timagine it will change that much to be honest in terms of the dailyscheduleandourmeetingsandallthatkindofstuff.”