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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Nat Berhe is getting another chance to start with rookie safety Darian Thompson nursing a shoulder injury.Thompson, the third-round draft pick who was handed the job at the start of training camp, was hurt in the Giants preseason loss to the Bills in Buffalo on Saturday.Coach Ben McAdoo was not available to comment on the extent of the injury on Monday, but Berhe ran with the starting unit as it went over corrections from Saturdays game and began working on plans for this weekends game against the Jets.A fifth-round draft pick in 2014, Berhe was expected to push for a starting job last season after Antrel Rolle signed with the Chicago Bears as a free agent.However, he injured a calf in the spring and never made it back to the field. He was placed on injured reserve.Its day to day, Berhe said of playing with the first team now. We all know this league is day to day, playing strong safety or free safety. Anything can happen.Berhe had thought he would be in the mix for a starting job this season, but Thompson was very impressive in the spring and in the minicamp and got the nod from the coaches to play opposite Landon Collins.Berhe didnt let it get him down.Im an employee, he said. I work for the Giants. Whatever they want to do I am with it.Berhe said his goal in training camp has been to be relentless in running down the ball and showing up on the clips when the tackle is made.His 35 snaps on Saturday were the second most on the defense. He finished with two tackles. He also played five snaps on special teams.Berhe said missing last season helped to him grow as a person. He also has learned to listen to his body and ease up when it is hurting.I have grown as a realist, but I am still striving to be better and learn as much as I can, the 25-year-old San Diego State product said. 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Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- After the Los Angeles Angels stumbled to their ninth loss in 10 games Wednesday, manager Mike Scioscia held a closed-door meeting before they packed up and flew to Boston.Although everybody described the meeting as relatively upbeat, the Angels didnt emerge with any big ideas on how to slow a season going south. With too many injured players and not enough big hitters, the Angels (32-47) are on pace for the worst record in franchise history.We know weve seen some guys performing at their absolute worst for the first half, and we know theyre better than that, Scioscia said. Thats going to be our goal, to get those guys going in the right direction ... I dont think these guys are taking losing in stride. I think thats a positive.If so, its one of the few positives in Anaheim these days.Houston completed a three-game sweep of the Angels on Wednesday, outscoring its AL West rivals by a combined 21-7. The Angels been swept in seven series already this season, and their 8-19 record in June was their worst in the month since 1980.Those 1980 Angels lost 95 games. The current Angels are on pace for 96 defeats, less than two years after they won 98 games for the majors best record.Mike Trout is still performing brilliantly, going 18 for 30 with three homers during their six-game homestand. Just about everybody else in an Angels uniform is struggling to some degree -- when theyre healthy enough to put on the uniform, that is.Our team has to be more than Mike, Scioscia said. Weve been struggling to get our lineup a little deeper. ... Were looking forward to getting some guys back, but the guys that are in that room should be playing better than we are, and thats what were going to focus on. Were all looking in the mirror and trying to get us going in the right direction. We all need to get better.Injuries are the most obvious cause for the Angels woes, particularly on the mound. Few teams could thrive after the loss of three top-of-the-rotation starters -- in the Angels case, Garrett Richards, Andrew Heaney and C.J. Wilson. Several key regulars also have missed extended time, from shortstop Andrelton Simmons and third baseman Yunel Escobar to top reliever Joe Smith.The Angels have already used 43 players in their first 79 games.The injuries are ssomething Ive never been a part of, said Jered Weaver, who dropped to 6-7 with a 5.dddddddddddd.51 ERA after losing to Houston. Theres been a lot of people going down, a lot of people getting called up and back and forth. But its no excuse. Its nothing that any other team hasnt gone through. No one is going to feel sorry for us.Yet the Angels slide also is rooted in decisions made years ago.Their depleted farm system has produced very few candidates to replace those injured players, and owner Arte Moreno already devoted a huge chunk of the Angels payroll to Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton this season and into the future. Combined with Morenos unwillingness to spend past the luxury tax threshold, even this big-budget club cant buy its way out of trouble now.The Angels have some salary relief in sight: Weaver and Wilson, who are making $20 million apiece, will be off the books this winter. But Hamilton is owed another $17 million in 2017 while he plays for Texas, and Pujols will make $140 million over the next five years while he jogs well past his 40th birthday.At least Pujols plays every day and keeps things interesting by climbing the career homers list, passing Harmon Killebrew for 11th place last week with his 574th. The three-time NL MVP is second on the team with 50 RBI, but is batting .247 with a meager .417 slugging percentage.General manager Billy Eppler hasnt had much early luck in his first year on the job. Eppler said this week that Scioscias job isnt in jeopardy during his 17th season, acknowledging that the Angels injuries and depth problems can hardly be solved by the longest-tenured manager in baseball.Eppler said the Angels have too many financial resources to be forced to enter a rebuilding phase. He wont trade Trout, but its possible the Yankees former professional scouting director could restock his largely barren cupboard by trading the Angels few valuable assets once this hard-luck season officially becomes lost.There is no doubt we want to be a contending team, year in and year out, Eppler said. Every move that we are going to make, whether its in July or the offseason, is for the betterment of the team. ' ' '