LANDOVER, Md. — Tom Coughlin will return as coach of the Giants next season, and his status wasn’t in question at all, according to team co-owner John Mara.
Speaking Sunday after the Giants were guaranteed of missing the playoffs for a second consecutive season, Mara put an end to any speculation about Coughlin’s future.
“There was never any doubt in my mind, never any doubt in (co-owner) Steve Tisch’s mind, never any doubt in (general manager) Jerry Reese’s mind,” Mara said.
The 64-year-old Coughlin has been the Giants’ coach since 2004 and led them to the Super Bowl title at the end of the 2007 season. But he also oversaw late swoons the past two seasons.
Jones won’t dillydally
PHILADELPHIA — Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wants the search for the team’s next coach to be short.
Jones expects to decide within days if he will remove the interim head coach tag from Jason Garrett and give him the job or go with another candidate.
“Days, days. Not a week,” Jones said.
Footnotes.
Colts quarterback Peyton Manning made his 208th consecutive start to open a career, surpassing Gene Upshaw’s NFL record that Manning tied last week.
• The Ravens’ Derrick Mason joined Jerry Rice and Tony Gonzalez as the only players with 60-plus receptions in 11 straight seasons.
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