He was also probably a little bit relieved.
"It is good to win and good to answer whatever questions are out there in terms of the way in which we play," Tom Coughlin said Monday when asked what the win meant to his embattled defensive coordinator. "And to answer some of the questions for ourselves."
That last part might have been the most important benefit of the Giants' 31-24 victory, because as much as Coughlin would never publicly turn up the heat on one of his assistant coaches, the pressure was obviously there. Sheridan, in his first year replacing the popular Steve Spagnuolo, had overseen a two-month-long defensive collapse. He had even begun questioning the physicality of his own players. Continue
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