“The No. 1 Thing Is Competence”: The Bill Sheridan Gamble

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Published: May 9, 2009

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... to be excited about: Sheridan, a football lifer, a guy who's been in coaching for over 25 years, is finally getting his chance to coordinate a defense. Plus, he was apparently an easy choice for Coach Tom Coughlin, who named him as Steve Spagnuolo's successor just two days after Spags left to coach the St. Louis Rams.

Sheridan has stated that he's going to stick with Spagnuolo's system, and he's going to be running it with premium parts: a defense that ranked 5th overall last season is getting Pro Bowl DE Osi Umenyiora back, plus two more monstrous linemen (Chris Canty and Rocky Bernard), a fleet, nasty weakside linebacker (Michael Boley), and players like Terrell Thomas and Kenny Phillips seem ready to improve on their solid rookie seasons. The team's defensive leaders, from Justin Tuck on down, offered support for Sheridan, and LB Danny Clark went so far as to call him Bleacher Report - NFL
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