Coughlin on David Wilson: 'give us a little time to work on this thing'

New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin watched as his team gave up six turnovers in wild week one loss to the rival Dallas Cowboys, and two of them came courtesy of his much-maligned running back David Wilson, who was benched after his costly fumbles.

But he’s not pulling the plug of Wilson just yet. “Give us a little time to work on this thing,” Coughlin said, via Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPNNewYork.com. “He’s still very much in our thoughts. He’s got to play. He’s a very talented young man. But you just can’t do that. Every time they touch you, you’re going to turn the ball over?”

Couglhin and the team knew very well what the Cowboys were going to throw at them, but they apparently couldn’t do much about it.

“All we talked about all week long was they were coming to strip the ball. We can be better. He can get better at that. He can run with two hands on the ball just like anybody else. Not going to play unless they can hang onto the ball. It’s demoralizing to the whole team. He is a talented young man. We will get him right even if he has to run around the field with two balls. We need him!”