Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin
Thomas Richard Coughlinis a former American football coach. Coughlin most recently served as the head coach for the New York Giants, a position he served in for 12 seasons, where he led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, both against the New England Patriots. Coughlin was also the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving from 1995 to 2002 and leading the team to two AFC Championship Games. Prior to his head coaching...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 August 1946
CityWaterloo, NY
couple entire feels gone good moves playing pounds season
He's playing strong; he's in very good shape, ... We'll see, you never know. As the season moves on, he may want to put a couple of pounds on. But right now, he's gone the entire preseason this way. He feels good at that weight, so good.
continuing correction couple good plays responsibility scope
He had a couple plays I thought were good and a couple there would be a little correction on, ... He's continuing to widen the scope of responsibility and I like what he's doing.
fights gets sidelines situations
He gets in these situations and he fights his way out of it. He comes over to the sidelines and he's the one who has the most poise.
area neck trauma type
He does not have any type of debilitating injury. There is trauma in the neck area and he is sore.
ball looked pleased quick sharp threw throughout took
He looked OK. He took most of the reps throughout practice. He threw the ball well, he was sharp with it and he was quick in his movements. I was pleased with the day.
drives falter improvement major matter passing talked
We've got to have drives that don't falter out. That's one of the major things we talked about going into this game. It's a matter of consistency. I thought there was improvement in the passing game, but it's still not there.
football grabbing guys looking talking
He's a football guy, ... He's always around the office. He's always looking at tape. He's always grabbing guys and talking football.
starting throwing
He is starting to go through the throwing motion, ... He's doing soft-toss, not for any distance.
became helped kurt mentor sideline starting time
He was an outstanding mentor for Eli all the time he was here. When he was starting and then when Eli became the starter, he was still the same thing. Kurt helped Eli tremendously. The most enthusiastic person on our sideline was Kurt Warner.
almost full played
He was a little sore. He hasn't played in almost a full season.
job trying
He's back to gritting his teeth. He's got a job to do and he's trying to do it.
bruise inside next
He has a sprain and bruise to the inside of his elbow, ... We'll see how he progresses next week.
carolina earned game
Carolina is a tough, physical, well-coached team. We earned the right to play this game at home, and that is very important.
along difficult experience fortunate gone gotten great improved performed pressed rookie year
We're very fortunate to have Eli. We've pressed on through some difficult times his rookie year into this season. He's improved and gotten better as we've gone along here. We've gotten him great experience; experience under fire, obviously, and some very, very big games. And he's performed well.