Barry treasure

Opening up a season with a rookie anchoring down a key spot on the defensive line is not the usual course of action for a team considered to be a Super Bowl contender. That is the way the Giants are headed, though, with Barry Cofield making his claim for the starting nose tackle job.

Most players dream of this, even fourth-round draft picks out of Northwestern, which is what former Giants GM George Young used to call "a reading and writing school" as opposed to a football factory. Cofield had visions of grandeur, only not this quickly. Continue