Coughlin has been through a lot in 18 seasons as an NFL head coach,Cheap Adidas Stan Smith Online, winning 168 games in the regular season and postseason to tie Bud Grant for 15th on the all-time list. Coughlin coached the Jaguars when they were an expansion team and was fired in 2002 after three straight losing seasons and two trips to AFC championship games. Coughlin began leading the Giants in 2004, went on to win two Super Bowls. The Giants, though, will not be in the playoffs for the fourth time in five years. "You have to realize that no one individual loses games," Coughlin said. "Blame it on the head coach, which is usually the way it is."
RUN-STUFFING DEFENSE: If the Giants have anything to be proud of, it is how well they have usually done against the run. Seattle's Marshawn Lynch ran for fewer than 3 yards a carry and finished with just 47 yards last week. Philadelphia's LeSean McCoy easily leads the NFL in rushing, but two of the four times he has been held to fewer than 50 yards was against New York.
