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Tom Coughlin once rescued a discouraged Jet from losing hell

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Tom Coughlin coaches the Jacksonville Jaguars before working for the Giants for 12 years.

Jeff Lageman was on the other end of the telephone line the other night reminiscing about the best times of his 10-year NFL career and about the man who helped facilitate those good times.

The Jets first-round draft pick in 1989 who signed as a free agent with the Jaguars in 1995, their expansion season, spent his final four seasons as a defensive end in Jacksonville, where he finally found joy in his NFL career after six losing seasons in New York.