Undefeated Patriots bring excitement to Giants
New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin reacts to an official's call in the first half of a game against the New England Patriots on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass. Credit: AP / Stephan Savoia
Tom Coughlin presented a very simple recipe for beating the Patriots.
"We have to take care of our process, our production, better than we ever have before," he said on Wednesday. "That's really what the challenge is for our players, both in the classroom and on the field."
Even then, the Giants' best may not be good enough.
The Patriots are a juggernaut with a perfect 8-0 record, a quarterback playing the best football of his Hall of Fame career and a head coach who likely sees plenty of areas on the Giants' roster that he can exploit.
The challenge of that, Coughlin said, has brought energy to the players so far this week.
"For our team, playing against their team, a very, very good team, it's exciting," he said. "Let's face it. Accomplished is the right word [for them] and remember, they are undefeated. In this day and age being undefeated at this point in the season is quite an accomplishment in itself. We know the quality of the team. Excitement is a good word for us. Energy, energy in the room is a very positive thing for us."
As for his own battle with Bill Belichick, though, Coughlin did offer some insight into the competitiveness of the two men who were on the same 1990 Giants coaching staff that won Super Bowl XXV.
"It does get your motor running," he said.
Tom Rock began covering sports for Newsday in 1996 and became its NFL columnist in 2022. He previously was Newsday's Giants beat writer beginning in 2008.
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