Step back a year ago, when the Giants were lost in the maddening fog of a 10-6, playoff-denied season, visions of a DeSean Jackson punt return still tormenting Coughlin's dreams.

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"This simple point seems to have been lost in what I think is a fog of denial and sometimes apparently wilful misunderstanding, " she told MSPs.

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