When the Giants voted for their team captains, Jon Beason won on the defensive side. Cullen Jenkins, the veteran defensive lineman, finished second. In five of the first six games this season, when the three captains — Beason, Eli Manning and Zak DeOssie — headed out for the coin toss, Jenkins accompanied them.
That was by vote of coach Tom Coughlin.
“He’s not a real talker, but when he does talk, they listen,’’ the coach said of Jenkins. “He’s obviously in a position of stature, because of his number of years in the league [12] and the outstanding way in which he’s played the game.