Layoffs Don't Always Pay Off ; Visitors Hoping to Prove Rest Is for Losers.
Columbia Daily Tribune › January 10, 2008
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TAMPA, Fla. - Before last week's NFC wild-card playoff game, the buzz in Tampa focused on whether Tampa Bay Coach Jon Gruden had done the right thing in resting the bulk of his starters for the better part of the last two regular-season games after clinching a home date in the playoffs.
In New York, meanwhile, they second-guessed Giants' Coach Tom Coughlin for playing his front-line guys in an exhausting and epic 38-35 loss to the unbeaten New England Patriots in the season finale. The Giants had nothing to play for but the challenge of facing maybe the greatest team of all time. For Coughlin, that was enough.See the full content of this document
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Layoffs Don't Always Pay Off ; Visitors Hoping to Prove Rest Is for Losers.
The Giants, of course, defeated the Buccaneers handily Sunday. Whether the varying tactics of the two coaches had a hand in the defeat - face it - we'll never know for sure.
What we...See the full content of this document
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