"Tom Coughlin said the Giants reported to work Wednesday and he noticed something different about his team.

“I think they were a little quiet but I think they’ll be all right,’’ Coughlin said. “They’ll come around. They responded well in my meeting.’’

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Asked how he snapped his team out of its quietness, Coughlin said “There is no spanning out. They responded very well. I give them a ‘Good morning, men’ and they [don’t] give me [much] and then I give it to them again and they jump up and down. They were fine with that.’’"

— Coughlin: Giants quiet, but responsive