Pat Shurmur was a first-year assistant coach with the Eagles in 1999. One dark pre-dawn morning that season he was bringing his garbage to the curb before going to work when a neighbor approached him – startled him, really - bearing a message. It was a simple one.
“He said, 'Listen, you can go 2-14 if you beat Dallas twice,' " Shurmur recalled.
Now that he’s the head coach of the Giants, there is a lot different from his early days in Philadelphia. One thing that carries over, though, is the disdain the Giants and their fans have for the Cowboys.