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Grading Coughlin

Remember when Coughlin said the Giants had to restore their pride and do six things to win:

1. "Effort is the key to success."

2. "We must win the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball."

3. "We must run the ball and we must be able to defend the run."

4. "We must eliminate turnovers. You are not going to beat anybody with a minus-16 . That stat has to radically change."

5. "We must eliminate costly penalties. You can't shoot yourself in the foot and expect to win the 100-meter dash."

6. "Special teams and winning the battle of field position must become our catalyst for victory and not our Achilles' heel."

Neil Best from Newsday gives Coughlin high grades on 5/6 but notes that penalties are still a problem.

Posted by James Trotta at October 6, 2004 12:12 PM