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Tom Coughlin has Giants attention again
So what happens now?
The Giants aura of invincibility took a hit on the national stage Monday night bone-jarring enough to make Lawrence Taylor swoon. But it's keen for all to remember there's always tomorrow. Tomorrow as in the way the the defending Super Bowl champs react in the hereafter will ultimately bear far greater consequences on their season than the way they so aimlessly schlepped around just 48 hours ago in Cleveland.
From here to when San Francisco comes to town on Sunday, there figures to be nonstop chatter of how the distractions of Plaxico Burress may have caught up with the G-Men; how Eli Manning may again be regressing into the turnover-prone incarnation of himself he once was vilified as and how injuries to everyone from Antonio Pierce to Osi Umenyiora have finally conspired to put the hurt on Big Blue.
Now know that Tom Coughlin will have none of it; discard it all as readily as he did all the talk of how his team was all but ordained to fall short in its quest for paydirt during last season's stunning title run.
“We lost the physical battle,” Coughlin admitted following the Cleveland debacle. “We lost the battle of turnovers. We make no excuses.”
If history is any indication, what Tom Coughlin and the G-Men will make are adjustments. Mental ones as much as any of a physical nature. Missed tackles, blown coverages and ill-timed routes, those will all be blaring issues around Giants camp this week.
“We made too many mistakes and that's unacceptable,” said Manning, who besides three interceptions and a bruised chest had very little to show for his night along the banks of Lake Erie.
But that'll all be water under the bridge come Sunday. Adapting to most any situation has long been one of the things the Giants do best.
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