New York Giants Tom Coughlin Shouldn’t Be Fired

We all know Tom Coughlin isn’t likely to escape the pending ramifications for this terrible season, one that will end Sunday without a playoff appearance, again. “I think they believe, and half of the battle is believing”.

Teddy Bridgewater turned in another sharp December performance, Blair Walsh chipped in five field goals and the Vikings (10-5) set up an NFC North championship game next Sunday night at Green Bay. He watched Manning stare down a corner route to Ben Edwards, who was promoted from the Giants’ practice squad because of Beckham’s one-game suspension.

Washington’s win over Philadelphia on Saturday night ended the NFC East race, rendering the outcome meaningless for the Giants.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning was picked off three times as he struggled without the suspended Odell Beckham Jr, one interception leading to a Harrison Smith touchdown. But it would sure make sense for that next coach to look closely at how McAdoo and Manning have worked together the past two years, see the substantial leaps the offense has taken despite, too often, looking like a two-man crew. They are 6-9 and, after six close-call losses, they were obliterated in Week 16, with Coughlin’s job status waving in the breeze.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings had all afternoon to watch their competitors play, with the realistic possibility that their spot in the postseason would be secured by the time they took the field.

The Giants have not had this rough of a season in a long time.

Running back Adrian Peterson rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown, while teammate Jerick McKinnon rushed for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Nicks, the Giants’ 2009 first-round draft pick, was in Indianapolis previous year and spent the offseason in Tennessee before being cut before the season. That stemmed from the tussles with Panthers cornerback Josh Norman. I keep talking to them about it: ‘This is the type of mentality that we have to have going forward.’ And really the Arizona game, I think we had the right mentality. Just listen to the players in the locker room after Sunday night’s 32-point loss. “It’s a shame that they have to be put in a position where they have to respond about something to do with me”. Two Lombardi trophies in the lobby of the team’s training center demand it; 12 years of honorable service as the coach should assure it. No one wants anything like the ugly split that separated Joe Torre and the Yankees for a few years after Torre’s departure, acrimony that delayed proper celebration of Torre’s four World Series titles.

Manning finished 15 for 29 for 234 yards, boosted by a 50-yard pass to Rashad Jennings that set up an early field goal and a 72-yard touchdown heave to Rueben Randle. Meanwhile, Manning went into the game with a 1-2 record when throwing for at least 350 yards and four touchdowns. Defensive end Brian Robison sacked Manning on first down and the Giants lost another 13 yards on third down when Manning couldn’t handle a shotgun snap he might not have been expecting. The Giants would cut the lead at 10 to 3.

“I thought we would have an opportunity this year, and the way the season was ending up at the halfway point, we had a great opportunity, and even the last couple of weeks, haven’t done enough to make the playoffs”, Eli Manning said Monday. Griffen and Sharrif Floyd (28) combined to pressure Manning on his first interception thrown to Andrew Sendejo. Part of the problem also stemmed from the second-half ejection of linebacker J.T. Thomas, who had been solid against the run. In those games, he has five touchdown passes and 14 interceptions. Nassib went 5 for 5 for 68 yards….