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Coughlin thinks Beckham's play vs. Patriots was a touchdown

To Tom Coughlin, Odell Beckham’s non-touchdown catch in Sunday’s 27-26 loss to the New England Patriots should have been a touchdown.

That’s what the Giants coach told WFAN on Wednesday during a radio interview, when he took issue with one of the many plays that helped cost his team a victory — and the NFL’s definition of a catch.

“We’ve made this a very difficult call,” Coughlin said. “And the thing that bothers me about it is, first, the word ‘runner,’ There is no runner in the end zone. When a guy catches the ball in the end zone, that’s it.