Harumph.
That was Tom Coughlin’s general feeling about the way his Giants were perceived this summer, as he believes the line of questioning he faced was, well, far from upbeat.
“They’re all negative, everything is negative,” the coach said.
Just wait. If recent form holds and the Giants start their season with a thud — they’ve dropped four consecutive openers — the mood certainly will not brighten. Already, there seems to be a tone of immediate desperation around a team that went 6-10 in 2014 and has not advanced into the playoffs since 2011. Already, players are talking about “must-wins’’ and the immediate need to establish themselves in an NFC East race that few observers believe they will be a part of.