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Giants Sign Cofield To Bulk Up Run Defense

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Giants reached back to their Super Bowl championship season of 2007 Thursday with the signing of defensive tackle Barry Cofield.

Cofield, drafted in the fourth round (124th overall) out of Northwestern in 2006, played for Tom Coughlin until Cofield left for Washington as a free agent in 2011. In five years with the Giants, he missed only one game, in 2008, and started all but two.

“He brings a veteran presence and brings a guy who’s very aware of the way we play,” Coughlin said. “He’s a guy in excellent condition and will really help us down the stretch.