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Judge is Giants’ new coach

UNDATED (AP) — The task of turning around the New York Giants now belongs to a 38-year-old who has never run a team either at the college or NFL level. The Giants have hired New England Patriots special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach Joe Judge to be their head coach.

Judge has worked under two of the best coaches in football, Bill Belichick (BEHL’-ih-chik) and Nick Saban (SAY’-bihn), spending eight years with the Patriots and three years at Alabama.

He replaces Pat Shurmur, who was fired a week ago Monday after only winning nine games in two seasons.

In other NFL news:

— Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says in an Instagram post to fans that he still has more to prove following a season that ended with his team failing to reach the Super Bowl for the first time since 2015. Brady’s current contract ends in March. If he’s not re-signed he could become an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his 20-year career.

— One of Matt…

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