Defensive coordinator James Bettcher

When the Giants selected Notre Dame defensive back Julian Love in the fourth round in this year’s NFL Draft, many called the pick “a steal.” The Giants have yet to find a position for Love, who is not an outside corner but rather a slot or nickel corner or a safety.

Bettcher was asked what exactly is holding Love back from cracking the lineup.

“To be honest with you, the things that we talk about with our guys, I like to stay in the room. I’m not going to sit up here and talk about the deficiencies of any of our guys,” Bettcher said. “I think Julian is close, he fits in the same category as DeAndre Baker, Corey Ballentine, X-man and even Lorenzo Carter in his second year. The thing that I really like about Julian is you go and watch him take notes. He’s taking notes, he is locked into the meeting room and he has been that way since day one.

“I think AB (Antoine Bethea) has really helped him, I think AB has been a great guy in the room. I sit in the DB meeting room a bunch and I hear AB (saying), ‘hey, Julian you see this, recognize that, you see that, that’s why it’s this’ and they have some good dialogue and conversation. Julian is highly engaged in those conversations and that’s why he will trend himself to a guy that’s going to make a push to have a chance to play and be a guy that helps us.”