Didn’t Take Long
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- September
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Tom Coughlin got a tad snippy at his press conference this morning, and isn’t that a refreshing change from the kinder, gentler Coughlin of the past couple of months.
Guess he got a little tired of the negative tone of some of the questions being asked about the 0—2 start. Personally, I don’t know what all the sour pusses are about anyway. Tight ends running free, wide receivers killing cornerbacks? It’s all correctable, right?
Anyway, Coughlin took exception to a couple of questions, in particular a followup on whether the players were getting all they could out of practice.
"The one way I know we’ve improved is coming off the practice field feeling we accomplished what we set out to accomplish," Coughlin said.
"So, has your team not had that feeling?" the questioner asked.
"I just said what I said, okay?" Coughlin shot back, clearly annoyed. "I don’t know how to explain it any better. We need to improve."
He got testy again a bit later when yet another question about covering tight ends down the field was brought up.
"We gonna argue about coverage now?" Coughlin said.
Can’t really blame Coughlin for his attitude, though. Another loss, and he might as well head for the beach, where he can watch his job float off into the sunset. It’s hard for any team to dig themselves out of an 0—3 hole, much less a Giants team that seems undermanned and outgunned on defense.
The media’s time at practice showed no changes in the defensive lineup, though Coughlin hinted that there might be some in the offing. Aaron Ross certainly seems like a prime candidate to replace either Corey Webster or Sam Madison.
Meanwhile, WR Plaxico Burress was on the sidelines wearing a baseball cap. Didn’t look like he and his sprained right ankle would do anything today, but Coughlin said he’d try to get back to practice tomorrow. My bet is he plays Sunday.
LB Gerris Wilkinson did look like he was ready for a full workload after missing much time with a dislocated kneecap. He could be available Sunday if he has no setbacks.
RB Ahmad Bradshaw (sprained elbow) was back taking punt returns, and QB Jared Lorenzen did a few things on his sprained left ankle, but not much. I’ll update after the official injury report comes out.
And that roster vacancy created by DE Adrian Awasom going on IR? It went to practice squad DE Marquies Gunn.
That’s it for now. Looks like the old Tom is back.
Didn’t take long, did it?
Ciao for now.
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Ernie Palladino
Boy, wouldn’t old Tom LOVE to be back at Boston College where he has the talent on the field and he can scream and holler and all will listen and improve.
Coughlin obviously knows that the Redskins are listening to what he says. All he has to do is say “We’re working on it. I can’t be more specific than that because I don’t want to give anything away to the Redskins.”
If he doesn’t like that he should just listen to old press conferences run by Parcells and Belichick. That will tell him how to respond.
The Maquise Gunn thing is a very good idea. I still think that they should still trade Sam Madison and see if E.J. Underwood’s jaw is doing better and have him play.
The Giants D wont be able to win any games this year,they may have a defensive stand or two a game but forget about shutting a decent team offense for an entire game.. It does look bleak.