Tom Coughlin often bristles when challenged in his day-after chats with reporters about certain calls or decisions made during the previous day’s game. But there are also plenty of times when he concedes things could have been handled differently.
Monday, when asked about the possibility of throwing for the end zone instead of a screen pass, two running plays and settling for a field goal — not a game-clinching touchdown — late in the loss to the Chargers, Coughlin didn’t put up a fight at all.
“Well, there’s no doubt,” the Giants’ coach said of the series that began with a first-and-goal from the San Diego 4-yard line but was immediately backed up by a holding penalty. “You have a sense at that point in time the game is there to be won and a touchdown would have done that. I wouldn’t argue with you on that at all.” Continue
Monday, when asked about the possibility of throwing for the end zone instead of a screen pass, two running plays and settling for a field goal — not a game-clinching touchdown — late in the loss to the Chargers, Coughlin didn’t put up a fight at all.
“Well, there’s no doubt,” the Giants’ coach said of the series that began with a first-and-goal from the San Diego 4-yard line but was immediately backed up by a holding penalty. “You have a sense at that point in time the game is there to be won and a touchdown would have done that. I wouldn’t argue with you on that at all.” Continue
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