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Conservative Coughlin trusted Giants 'D' on FG

If Giants coach Tom Coughlin were a political candidate, he'd never hear the end of one of his sound bites after yesterday's gut-wrenching, come-from-ahead 21-20 loss to San Diego.

"You can second-guess all you want," Coughlin said when asked why he seemed content to settle for a field goal and a 20-14 lead with 2:07 left to play instead of aggressively trying to score a touchdown to end a...

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