I sure hope the Giants don’t get stupid and fire Coughlin. He’s one of the best there is.
A few weeks back, I was on the “fire Coughlin” bandwagon, but I’m willing to give him another year. The team never quit on him and they’ve played really well in recent weeks, albeit against lesser competition. You can see teams that are simply phoning it in and waiting for their coach to get fired; the Giants don’t fall in that category.
The biggest problem facing the G-men has been the lack of talent. They stayed with some of the guys from the Super Bowl teams for too long, so the offensive line got old, and a lot of Jerry Reese’s draft picks (Hakeem Nicks, Reuben Randle and David Wilson, to name a few) never panned out.
I may be going out on a limb, but I think the Giants are turning the corner. Watched Odell Beckham, Jr. play at SEC; outstanding WR at the collegiate level, but I never thought he would have this kind of impact in the pros. Get Cruz back and a lot of NFL secondaries are going to have severe match-up problems. If Jennings can stay healthy, we have a ground game, and the DL is looking more like the Giants of old. Still a ways to go; need more help on the OL and at LB, but a lot of the pieces are falling into place.
And Tom Coughlin is the right guy to lead them.