CINCINNATI - Last week when Tom Coughlin was asked if Prince Amukamara would travel with the Giants to the joint practices against the Bengals, he was befuddled.
"Why would he?" Coughlin shot back. "He can't play."
And yet there he was on Tuesday with the team. Prince in the Queen City.
Coughlin was right, he can't play. Amukamara still nursing a sore groin that has kept him sidelined for almost a week and isn't projected to return to the field until after the return to New Jersey. But that it was important for Coughlin to have Amukamara here with the team shows just how significant the cornerback is as a player and as a leader.