Tom Coughlin to Be Fired If New York Giants Lose?: Today’s New York Post reports that a source with knowledge of the thinking of the Giants’ two owners said that if the Giants lose to the Philadelphia Eagles tomorrow, Head Coach Tom Coughlin will be fired.
January 5, 2007 New York Giants Injury Update - CB Kevin Dockery Misses Practice: TE Jeremy Shockey (ankle) and OG Rich Seubert (shin) both practiced again. Seubert was upgraded to “probable.” Shockey remains officially “questionable” for the game against the Eagles.
“I think Jeremy has made good progress,” said Head Coach Tom Coughlin.
CB Kevin Dockery (ankle) missed practice and is officially listed as “questionable” for the game.
WR Amani Toomer, who is on Injured Reserve with a torn ACL, was asked when he might return to the practice field. “I’m shooting for training camp,” Toomer said. “Mini-camp, maybe. But definitely shooting for training camp.” Toomer had surgery on his injured knee eight weeks ago.
Notes and Quotes: The Giants’ all-time playoff record is 16-22. They have lost their last three playoff games. The Giants’ postseason road record is 3-13. The Giants will make their 28th postseason appearance, tying them with the Dallas Cowboys for the most in NFL history.
LB Carlos Emmons was named the Giants’ winner of the “Ed Block Courage Award.” Recipients are selected by their teammates for displaying commitment to the principles of courage and sportsmanship, while serving as inspirations in their locker rooms.
HB Tiki Barber on the Giants’ offensive game plan for the Eagles: “I love this game plan!…Just because on an anticipatory level, we kinda know what they’re gonna do to us. And, we put in some things that are designed to take advantage of them. It’s gonna give us a chance to get the ball in our playmakers’ hands and have us make some big plays. It’s exciting. Our game plan is something that we have juice about If we lose this game it’ll be because we got beat by a better team, or we made mistakes. Because, we’re confident right now in what we have planned for these guys. We know we’re gonna give a great effort. We know we’re gonna play as hard as we can. It’s just a matter of doing it consistently.”
Head Coach Tom Coughin in CB R.J. Cobbs: “He’s been very impressive in our practices. He’s worked hard. He’s been in multiple roles, as far as assignments go. We just felt that he was a kid who could hopefully help us, not only as the fourth corner, but on special teams.”