david dieHl - New York Giants

personalities are very supportive of each other. If you listen on the practice field, you know
Steve is always telling Zak, ‘Great snap Zak.’ The snap might be on the ground, but he’ll say,
‘Great snap, Zak. Way to go.’ And, ‘Great kick, Lawrence.’ ‘Great punt, number five,' or whatever
Lawrence yells out when he does it and it’s good stuff.”
Q: That makes a difference?
Coughlin: “It makes a huge difference.”
Q: Tynes probably wouldn’t have been Player of the Week if you had scored more
touchdowns in the green zone. Is that a good news/bad news situation?
Coughlin: “No, I don’t look at it that way. He had an exceptional game and he deserves the
recognition that he’s received and that’s one very strong part of our game right now. And now if
you want to talk about another part, which is touchdowns in the green zone, we’ll go there. But
it would have been good to take that second half kickoff fumble and go score a touchdown, but
we didn’t do that. But we scored eight out of 10 times we had the ball. That’s quite an afternoon
or evening. When you have 10 drives in the game and you score points on eight of the 10, that’s
not easy, so I don’t want to overlook that, either.”
Q: What do you see from Michael Vick?
Coughlin: “Courageous. He steps up, he takes a hit and gets right back up. The next play he
throws the ball 60 yards in the air to some of the speediest players in the league and he’s relying
heavily on his tight end (Brent Celek). His runner (LeSean McCoy) gives him options in terms of
the big play every time they run the ball. He’s a tough, tough guy. You know when he pulls it
down and runs, you’re holding your breath. It doesn’t matter what that is and they move him a
lot now just to give him extra time, because he’s so good at extending plays. There are a few
guys in this league that are exceptional at extending plays. He’s one of them.”
Q: Have you seen a team rotate defensive linemen like the Eagles?
Coughlin: “They dress nine defensive lineman. Nine. Figure it out. Last week, they played with 19
on offense and 23 on defense. They always play with more defense - that way they have special
teams help and things of that nature.”
Q: It seems like they always have fresh linemen in there.
Coughlin: “They do. That’s the whole point. They come hard.”
Q: What do you think of their rookie return specialists, Damaris Johnson on punts and
Brandon Boykin on kickoffs?
Coughlin: “They both had outstanding collegiate careers. They were both ranked in the top 10 in
preseason in punt return, kickoff return, and they’re dangerous. They look just like every other
Eagle that ever goes out there – not very big, but faster than fast.”