EAST RUTHERFORD, N. Thurman Munson Yankees Jersey .J. - If Tom Coughlin admires the Jacksonville Jaguars for anything, it is for a pass rush he wishes his own team would dial up every so often.Despite a 1-10 record, the Giants opponent Sunday has racked up some impressive numbers as far as pressuring the quarterback. While his own team has had any number of opportunities to apply similar heat, it hasnt happened with enough regularity to satisfy the 68-year-old coach. In fact, the Giants 19 sacks, which rank 26th in the league, is a major reason behind their 3-8 record.The Jaguars have a contrastingly impressive 33, ranking third. Their pressures come from all over the field.This would be an ideal opportunity for the Giants to bulk up their anemic stats, as the Jags have allowed a league-high 43 sacks on rookie Blake Bortles. But the now-you-see-it, now-you-dont inconsistency the Giants have shown has offered Coughlin little solace, and only a slight hope that things will improve.Weve been challenging them for the entire year, Coughlin said of his pass rush. Obviously were not doing a very good job of that. To be honest with you, when we call pressure, take a look and see whos getting home, whether it comes out of the secondary, the linebackers, whatever you want to call it. You can talk about pressure all you want, but weve got to have people get to the ball, get to the quarterback. That hasnt happened much.Key players who have supplied pressure in the past have been non-factors this year. Jason Pierre-Paul, the young defensive end who compiled 16 1/2 sacks in the Super Bowl championship year of 2011, has just 3 1/2 this year, as does defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins. Mathias Kiwanuka has just 2 1/2. Situational pass rusher Robert Ayers leads the team with five, and fast-developing, second-year defensive end Damontre Moore has three.As for the blitz, few have gotten home. The Giants have gotten just 1 1/2 sacks from positions outside the defensive front.The biggest indictment of what in previous seasons was a ferocious pressure machine came in the final two minutes of last weeks 31-28 loss to Dallas. After enjoying success pressuring Tony Romo earlier in the game, and with the Giants leading by four, a four-man rush with Pierre-Paul and Kiwanuka at the ends, failed to penetrate the Cowboys blocking for seven long seconds of the fourth quarter. That gave Romo plenty of time for wide receiver Dez Bryant to work himself free of cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie deep the end zone. Not surprisingly, Romo and Bryant connected for the winning touchdown with 1:01 remaining.There are a bunch of guys up front who are supposed to be known for (pass rush), Coughlin said, laying the blame more on the players than defensive co-ordinator Perry Fewell.However, Ayers was not even on the field, which was Fewells decision. That led to a long, uncomfortable discussion between head coach and co-ordinator the next day. Moore, who has shown great promise, played just six out of 54 snaps against Dallas. Fewell admitted he should have been part of the final rush package.We have to do a better job of managing his snaps, Fewell said, noting that Moore should be getting between 15 and 25 snaps each game.Regardless of player alignment, the pass rush simply hasnt produced to effective levels. And Jacksonvilles porous offensive line did not create unbridled optimism in Pierre-Pauls outlook.Its not all about (sacks), said Pierre-Paul, who becomes a free agent at years end. But numbers dont lie. Im still trying to get to the quarterback.We cant look at them. You dont know, they might have great protection on the quarterback this week. Thats the great thing about football, you dont know.NOTES: Coughlin said the benching of Weston Richburg last week may have struck a chord in the rookie left guard, and the coach was pleased with his response during practice. Richburg will move back to his starting job now that last weeks starter Adam Snyder has been ruled out with a knee strain. Richburg said he took much motivation from the move. I didnt like it, Richburg said. It felt like a preseason game. I just dont like standing there and not being able to help. It was tough, but I was ready and when they needed a player at the end I was happy that I got a couple of plays in. Elston Howard Jersey . Sterling was banned for life and fined US$2.5 million by the NBA on Tuesday for racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. 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The Leafs may be built for playoff hockey, but getting there could be a challenge down the stretch, especially after losing 4-3 to the Canadiens on Saturday night at Air Canada Centre. Montreal moved five points up on Toronto in the Atlantic Division standings and in the process made it far less likely that this thrilling, back-and-forth affair could be a first-round playoff preview. "I think thats what everybody would want to see, and Im sure its going to happen sooner or later," said Habs forward Rene Bourque, who had a goal and an assist and was not yet born the last time these teams met in the playoffs back in 1979. As the Habs won for the fourth time in five games, the Leafs (36-28-8) dropped their fourth in a row as part of a troubling late-season swoon in the absence of injured goalie Jonathan Bernier. Toronto still occupies the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference but leads Detroit by just one point and Columbus by two and has played two more games that the Red Wings and Blue Jackets. The Leafs could fall out of playoff position by the end of Sunday. James Reimer, who allowed four goals on 37 shots, including a short-side game-winner by Tomas Plekanec, said he and his teammates have a "healthy sense of urgency" with 10 games remaining. "I think we know we played well tonight and I think we made some mistakes but I think they made some mistakes too," Reimer said. "Really, it was kind of one bad bounce that decided the game. I think we can hold our heads high on this one and go into tomorrow (at the New Jersey Devils) feeling good about ourselves." The Habs are feeling good about themselves after winning a track meet of a hockey game that featured three goals in the first period — by Montreals Max Pacioretty, Bourque and captain Brian Gionta and Torontos Joffrey Lupul and Tyler Bozak. Montreal coach Michel Therrien liked the way his team dictated the play early. But it was bouncing back in the third period after Nazem Kadri tied the score for the Leafs that impressed Price, who finished with 33 saves. "That was definitely a test of character," Price said. "When a team scores in the third period to tie it up when theyre at home, youre on the road, they grab a lot of momentum. ... Being able to grab the lead and then hold it with a good team effort like that is, I think, rewarding." The Habs reward if these winning ways keep up is either second or third place in the Atlantic Division, crucial spots that would mean avoiding Mondays opponent, the Boston Bruins, or the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round. Now five points back of Montreal and six behind the Tampa Bay Lightning, who won in Toronto on Wednesday night, the Leafs will need an uphill climb to avoid a wild-card spot and a tough matchup. But now theres some legitimate concern, given recent woes, that a playoff spot altogether might be in danger. This loss, which winger Mason Raymond said "stings" and captain Dion Phanuef called "disappointing," didnt help that cause. Kyle Higashioka Yankees Jersey. "You have to turn the page," Phaneuf said. "Theres no looking back on today, tomorrow. Tomorrows a new day, weve got to pull ourselves out of it. Its this group thats going to get us out of this bind. Weve been close, but close isnt good enough right now. We know that were going to get out of it, weve just got to find a way." The Leafs and Habs (29-26-7) were close because this was such a back-and-forth game with plenty of chances at either end. The turning point came 9:14 into the third when Toronto winger James van Riemsdyk was called for goaltender interference when he steam-rolled Price. Habs defenceman Andrei Markov appeared to make contact with van Riemsdyk before he hit Price, but the goalie went to the ice and believed he was interfered with. "Its contact to my head, so I thought it was a penalty, personally," Price said. Leafs coach Randy Carlyle, who conceded he didnt see a replay of the incident, was more worried about the impact of the penalty. Plekanec scored just as van Riemsdyk was being released from the box at 11:14, sneaking a shot in the tiny space between Reimer and the right post. "We clawed back into the hockey game and then we take a penalty early in the third and they score," Carlyle said. "It was the difference in the hockey game, and the margin of error now in these games is so close that one bounce or one mis-play or one unfortunate mistake cost us points." Mistakes — be it turnovers by Phil Kessel, David Clarkson and Kadri or soft goals allowed by Reimer — hurt the Leafs dearly. Another slow start wasnt ideal, either. "Obviously we were behind the 8-ball a little bit early on giving up two goals," Raymond said of allowing two goals in the games first seven minutes. "I like the way we battled back, but turnovers killed us a bit and thats tough." The Habs benefited because they pounced on so many mistakes the Leafs committed. In front of an early-spring crowd of 19,789 thats hungry for playoff hockey, Montreal executed like a team ready for that next step. "Both teams need those points. We were ready to play," Therrien said. "At this time of the year, you need to be in a playoff mindset. And our mindsets like that." NOTES — Montreals streak of consecutive penalties killed was snapped at 25 on Kadris power-play goal at 2:49 of the third. The last time the Habs surrendered a goal on the power play was March 6 at the Phoenix Coyotes. ... Leafs centre Dave Bolland played just 9 minutes 1 second in his return to the lineup. Bolland missed the previous 56 games after suffering a severed tendon in the back of his ankle Nov. 2. ... Habs forward Lars Eller suffered a lower-body injury, Therrien said, and did not play in the third period. Michael Bournival was called up, and he will meet the team in Boston. .... Bernier, who has now missed four straight games with a groin injury, will miss his fifth in a row Sunday when the Leafs visit the Devils. Carlyle said the 25-year-old will not make the trip. ' ' '