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Last week’s major storyline with the Giants was wide receiver Odell Beckham’s suspension and it looks like this week’s is going to be coach Tom Coughlin’s future with the team.

The Giants are going to miss the playoffs for the fourth straight year and the sixth time in the last seven years, which has turned attention to possible changes on the sideline and in the front office. During a conference call on Monday, quarterback Eli Manning said that Coughlin hasn’t spoken to the team’s players about his future.

Coughlin said on his own conference call that he plans to change that in the coming days and that his message will be not to make the week about him.

“I will tell the team not to be distracted by it,” Coughlin said, via Tom Rock of Newsday. “The situation is not about me and I’m hoping the players are not going to be centered around that.”

The Giants and/or Coughlin could make an announcement this week about the plans for next season, but his future would still be a talking point with players all week. Such is life when teams go three years without a winning record and there’s no way to avoid what everyone knows this week is going to bring.