Tyrone Tracys second costly Giants fumble puts blood is in the water for opponents

Word gets around.Tyrone Tracy lost the ball on a fumble on the first play of overtime two weeks ago in Munich.

Now the rest of the NFL is on alert that this rookie running back might put the ball on the ground.It happened again Sunday as the Giants were smacked around 30-7 by the Buccaneers at MetLife Stadium.“Blood is in the water now,” Tracy said.“You’ve got to understand this is the NFL and ball security is job security.”Down 23-0, the Giants flirted with scoring to open the third quarter when Tommy DeVito hit three passes to Malik Nabers — untargeted in the first half — and they advanced to the Tampa 5-yard line.

Tracy, fighting for extra yards, took a direct snap on first-and-goal, was hit by linebacker Lavonte David and fumbled, with defensive lineman Calijah Kancey recovering the loose ball.The Bucs proceeded to go 95 yards in 12 plays to make it 30-0.“I had the ball in my right hand, should have had it in my left hand,” Tracy said.

“I’m always trying to fight for that extra yard but I got to understand when enough is enough.That right there kind of hurt us.

If that situation ever comes up again I got to understand when to call it off and just go down.”Two weeks ago, Tracy’s turnover handed the Panthers their winning field goal in a 20-17 Giants loss.This time, Tracy took a seat on the bench for a while before head coach Brian Daboll reinserted him into the game.“It’s something we got to continue to stress and work on,” Daboll said.

“I have a lot of confidence in Tracy.But we can’t turn the ball over to the other team.”Wan’Dale Robinson walked out of the locker room holding a signed Sterling Shepard No.

17 Buccaneers jersey.Shepard was with the Giants the past eight years.“It means a lot,” Robinson said of the jersey swap.

“That’s a guy, once I came in as a rookie, he took me under his wing and was like a big brother to me.”Shepard caught five passes for only 16 yards in his first game against his forme...