Shane Bowen is a sorry defensive coordinator.

Read that sentence any way you like. It can mean one of two things, and both versions have shades of truth in them.

For many Giants fans, it indicates that his play-calling on some of the most critical downs of last week’s overtime loss to the Cowboys left plenty of room for criticism, that his schemes were so poorly suited for the circumstances that they were as much a part of Dallas’ comeback win as the wide-open completions they allowed and the crushing field goals to which they led. It was a clumsy game plan that caused many to sour on his acumen and reinforced the beliefs of those who long ago already had.

For the Giants themselves, though, it comes across as something else. Because in meetings with his unit on Monday, as they evaluat

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