Draft Day

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• Giants guard Chris Snee -- Undoubtedly the most bizarre story of draft weekend was the news that new Giants head coach Tom Coughlin drafted Snee in the second round out of Boston College. Snee happens to be the father of Coughlin's grandchild. Snee and Coughlin's daughter, Katie, had a child together last fall. Coughlin says Snee was drafted strictly based on his football potential and that makes sense. But the situation could be unavoidably uncomfortable for both Snee, Coughlin and Katie Coughlin in the years ahead. What happens some day if Coughlin has to cut or trade his daughter's significant other? Or take a hard-line stance -- the only kind he knows how to take -- regarding Snee's performance? Some how you just would have thought that Coughlin wanted to side step those potentially thorny issues if at all possible. For his part, Snee might have been better off landing anywhere else in the NFL but with the G-Men. Whatever he accomplishes in New York, his relationship with the head coach will be part of the backdrop. cnnsi

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