The New York Giants were a mess on offense this season, and were so bad that owner John Mara called the unit “broken.”
During an appearance on WFAN Friday, Coach Tom Coughlin said that Manning “lost an element of trust” with his receivers over the course of the year.
Tom Coughlin on @WFAN660 says Eli Manning "lost an element of trust" with his wide receivers this season. #NYG
— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoNYDN) January 3, 2014
Manning threw a league high 27 interceptions this season, and after many of them, Manning could be seen trying to figure out what exactly went wrong on the play.
Coughlin also had words for Hakeem Nicks, and hinted at why the veteran receiver may not return.
oughlin said the team is scratching its collective head about why Nicks had such a poor season. That probably won’t help Nicks, an impending free agent, return to the team in 2014, but whoever is catching Manning’s passes is going to be charged with doing a better job of being on the same page as Manning.