Terrell Thomas plans to start at cornerback for the defending Super Bowl champion Giants this coming season. "I've said I'm the starter, and they brought me back to be the starter, and that is the mindset I have," Thomas said. "I'm not going to go in saying, 'Oh, I want to compete for a job.' No, I'm the starter." Thomas missed the entire 2011 season after he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear during the preseason. "It was rough," he said. "It was a big-time situation for me. I had contract talks on the horizon, I was picked to really break out that year, so it was tough. A lot of hard work went in throughout the lockout. It was a time to get ahead, but you take everything as a lesson, and that is what I did. I feel I'm a lot stronger as an individual, as a man."