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“Charlie Bullen has been a great asset to me and the rest of the guys in the room, and continuing to kind of grow,” Thibodeaux said in August. “Not just my ability on the field, but know what weight I want to play at, know what size, know what side of the ball I like and just figuring out what works for me and kind of just honing in on it, using that as my strength.”
Thibodeaux added that Bullen helped him more with his mindset than with any particular technique. “I think it’s the consistency of greatness,” he said. “It’s understanding that, ‘Yeah, you know it, but let’s just go over it three more times.’ I think it’s that 10,000-hour mindset.”
The disbelief for the New York Giants isn’t about the how. It’s the why.
Because in reality, the players and coaches know the reason the losing keeps happening, and in heartbreaking fashion. They see the film and the crease Jahmyr Gibbs blazed through on the first play of overtime, with Dexter Lawrence on the sideline after getting nicked in the first quarter. He gutted through whatever he was dealing with for much of the game, and the Giants were hopeful of saving him early in OT for bigger plays to come.
The 2-10 New York Giants have turned the final weeks of this woeful season into the NFL version of “Survivor,” voting someone off the coaching staff after each loss. On Monday, defensive coordinator Shane Bowen’s torch was extinguished...