Before Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning won two Super Bowls together, before they won anything together really, they were just a head coach and the rookie quarterback he was banking on trying to get him through the coming weeks.

In November 2004 Coughlin had elevated Manning to the starting job and the losses began to pile up. Not only was the team unsuccessful, Manning had some inarguably awful performances.

Coughlin thought back on those days on Wednesday night as he hosted his Jay Fund’s 21st annual Champions for Children Gala in Manhattan, an event that began that same year he and Manning came to New York.

He mentioned the 31-7 loss in Washington where Manning completed just 12 passes. He recalled the week after that, in Baltimore, when the Giants lost, 37-14, and Manning completed just

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