Remember Super Bowl XLII, when Patriots quarterback Tom Brady spent much of the game on his back?
The Giants have the personnel to do that again. This I mostly agree with, but Bill Sheridan is the question mark here. So he sat in some meetings, big deal. He’s still unproven as a defensive coordinator. His players have the talent, but what Spagnuolo did so well was put the players in great situations to succeed. Can Sheridan do that? Yes, the Giants abused Tom Brady in Super Bowl XLII. That was also the best game plan Spagnuolo had all year. Can Sheridan repeat that? 5) Tom Coughlin: The longer he coaches, the more the Giants reflect his tenacity. One of Coughlin’s heroes is former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. After the league meetings in March, Coughlin drove up the California coast to meet Wooden for the first time, and they talked for three hours. Like Wooden, Coughlin never thinks he knows it all. Late in his career, Coughlin had evolved into a players’ coach, without being too lenient. Hiring young head coaches has become trendy, but the league’s oldest head coach (Coughl
