Giants' Collins says McAdoo hasn't lost team despite report

New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo is coming under fire from his players and fans alike, but still has a prominent supporter in safety Landon Collins.

The Giants have slumped to a 1-7 record after being billed as a sleeper Super Bowl contender prior to the season. Amid the struggles, two anonymous Giants players recently told ESPN that McAdoo has lost the team, largely due to his rigorous practices and propensity to call his players out in the media.

Collins refuted that notion Wednesday.

"McAdoo has been leading the same way he led last year," he told ESPN.

"I don't knock the way he has been doing things. Fining people like crazy? If you don't follow the rules, you get in trouble because you got to pay the consequences. I wouldn't say he lost the team. I have the utmost respect for him. He's been doing a great job. Just trying to figure it out like we all are.

"McAdoo has it all," Collins added. "He can lead men. He can do whatever you say. He has the ability to do those things. It's not McAdoo ... it's everybody. Everybody has to look in the mirror, the coaching staff, the coordinators, the players, everybody."

Giants cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie echoed Collins' statements.

"At the end of the day we have eight more games to get it right," Rodgers-Cromartie said. "(The Rams game) was terrible. I ain't never seen nothing like that in my life. In that game you had people running wide open. Ain't no way in hell anybody expected us to come off a bye and play like that."

"But I'm telling you (McAdoo) has our support, Rodgers-Cromartie added. "It's just been a tough season. It is what it is."