MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Eli Manning has been with Tom Coughlin, his only head coach, for 12 seasons. This year, Manning hasn’t had a running game. Or a fourth-quarter defense. Or an offensive line he can believe in. Or Victor Cruz.
Only Odell Beckham Jr.
Only Eli Manning (four touchdowns) and Odell Beckham Jr. (two TDs) were going to save Coughlin from a fourth straight season out of the playoffs, and the blustery winds of regime change.
Only Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr. were going to save this season without reason, or they were not.