Steve Spagnuolo's defense sacks it to Eagles

The pressure was coming from everywhere. It seemed everyone was blitzing. The corners were hitting receivers right at the line, and sticking to them like glue as they ran down the field. It was, in almost every respect, exactly the type of defense Tom Coughlin imagined when he hired Steve Spagnuolo as his defensive coordinator eight months ago.

"Yes," Coughlin said yesterday, one day after the Giants got an NFL record-tying 12 sacks in a 16-3 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. "The aggressiveness, the playing with confidence, and I think we were very good in coverage as well." Continue