Tom Coughlin hopes he is able to read this article on Friday.
That would mean the Giants beat Washington on Thursday night. It would mean his team snapped its two-game losing streak to start the season, figured out a way to finish off an opponent, and are back in the thick of a division without any clear frontrunner.
And it would mean Coughlin's boycott of the media is over.
"I don't read anything," he said, "and I don't like that. I don't like being someone who really doesn't know what's happening in the world, but I've decided that I don't want to be affected by what's being said on the outside.