Free-agent DL Barry Cofield returns to Giants

Giants DT Barry Cofield does a practice drillThe first thing Barry Cofield did when he walked onto the practice field for his free-agency workout with the Giants a few weeks back was look for his name.

Not above a locker. Not on the back of a jersey. But on the banners that hang in the team’s fieldhouse commemorating the four Super Bowl champions and listing their rosters and coaching staffs. And there, near the top of the Super Bowl XLII banner, he found it.

He saw it there Thursday, too, when he participated in his first practice after signing a contract earlier in the morning.

“That was very cool,” Cofield said. “And it’s motivational. It looms large over you when you look at the names like…