This one isn’t all on Tom Coughlin.
The Giants’ longtime coach seems almost certain to take the fall for this third straight losing season, the franchise’s longest drought since a dark age from 1973-1980. But neither has GM Jerry Reese.
All Reese did this season was hand a two-time Super Bowl champion coach a roster lacking in depth and talent, practically forcing Coughlin to coach a miracle. It’s no wonder Coughlin refused to “go down that road” when asked about the Giants’ talent levels after Sunday’s loss in Minnesota.
No, Coughlin’s late-game blunders didn’t help. But this season was doomed from the start, thanks to these four offseason missteps by Reese.