Steve Spagnuolo Faces Challenges In Return To Giants

Steve Spagnuolo (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Steve Spagnuolo didn’t let the New York Giants’ relative talent level impact his decision to accept an opportunity for a second go-around as coach Tom Coughlin’s defensive coordinator.

Spagnuolo, the architect of the 2007 Super Bowl-winning unit, didn’t see a Michael Strahan, Osi Umenyiora, Antonio Pierce or Sam Madison on the current roster. But after a six-year Giants hiatus that included three unsuccessful seasons as the St. Louis Rams’ head coach, a disastrous 2012 as the New Orleans Saints’ defensive coordinator, and two productive seasons as the secondary coach for friend John Harbaugh in…