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Coughlin defends Odell Beckham the person, but not Sunday's actions

New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin had to deal with the continued fallout from Sunday's Odell Beckham-Josh Norman confrontation during his Monday conference call with reporters. Here is the Twitter version of what was said.

"We all know that personal battles have no presence in the game of football. They're a distraction." - Coach Coughlin

— New York Giants (@Giants) December 21, 2015

Coughlin: "There are qualities Odell Beckham brings to this football team, the likes of which I've never seen." Lauds his effort, energy.

— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoNYDN) December 21, 2015

TC: "I will not defend his actions yesterday because they were wrong and this franchise and organization does not tolerate that.