Eagles vault into first place
Eagles 27, Giants 17
Eagles vault into first place
Rich Hofmann, Daily News Sports Columnist
Too crazy to categorize.
Too wild for words.
The Eagles played a sloppy first half, leaving all kinds of points scattered in the red zone. They blew a 16-3 lead in the third quarter and were losing by 17-16 in the fourth. It was a game where Michael Vick looked human, with the New York Giants hitting him early and often. It was a game where turnovers dotted the play-by-play sheet, and where referee Ron Winter spent an inordinate amount of time beneath the hood of the replay review machine, trying to decipher a couple of really close calls.
Along the way, Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel intercepted Giants quarterback Eli Manning twice -- give him four picks against the Manning brothers this season. And in the end, the Eagles won it, 27-17. With that, the Eagles' record is now 7-3 and they hold undisputed possession of first place in the NFC East. The Giants are now 6-4.
After blowing their advantage, the Eagles retook the lead when, on a fourth-and-1 play from midfield with less than 5 mintues to go, Shady McCoy took a pitch from Vick and ran 50 yards for a touchdown.
The Giants' last real chance ended because of a Manning fumble that was controversial in its own right. If Manning had slid on the play after running for a first down, he would have been down and there would have been no problem. But because he dove, his fumble -- without being contacted by an Eagles defender -- was indeed a fumble that was recovered by the Eagles' Darryl Tapp.
Giants played a great game against our offensive. It wasn't easy, it wasn't that exciting coming off Redskin game, but at the end. The Eagles came off with a WIN!!!. Good Job Eagles.— gauwow- Wrong Manning. Peyton plays for the Colts.— awl
- Well a win is a win is a win but when will the Eagles stop taking so many penalties. When will the coaches tell Vick to quit carrying the ball away from his body like it is a smelly diaper. It is too easy to knock the ball out of his hand and it is guaranteed to happen again unless he tucks it into his body.— fanup
Vick does it again!- insert smarmy comment about the birds here— vinni
- Too many dropped passes. Three TDs were dropped. The game shouldn't have been that close.
Too many passes called. At one point, 83% passing. That's just too high. - Who's in first?
- where was the running game???? maybe the giants relentless blitz could have been softened with at last an attempt at a running game— your_mom_says_hi!
- A tough, gritty win - good job boys— sbdons1982
- The Eagles outplayed the Giants. The Eagles were undisciplined and made too many penalties but they looked like the better team. Even though Vick didn't have a great game, you could see that the Giants' defensive game plan was totally centered on Vick. That creates other opportunities.— p-diddy
- Michaels and Collingsworth stink....royally stink... they are all NY— stoky
- Giants fan here ... game was closer than it should have been thanks to your dropped passes ... we ALL hate the cowboys ...— JerseyExit63
- Before the Game, Giant's Defense is #2 in the league. Games like this isn't always easy.— gauwow
close game, stupid playcalling as always...the difference was Vicks incredible atheltic ability to run one in to the corner of the endzone, negating another stupid playcall by Marty and Andy, and the 4th and 1 play by McCoy taking it himself for a touchdown..on a RUN play. again, not due to anying MArty or Andy did, but a great physical effort by McCoy. Andy gets some credit for 3 good wins a row to finally negate the 3 stupid losses. If he hadnt lost 4 championship games I might actually be happy with the guy. They are not good enough to possibly go to a championship game this year..and lose.
Was it me, or did those refs tend to favor the Giants a bit more than the Eagles? Some of the calls weren't really penalties, and they missed a couple big ones on the Giants.
Either way, Eagles need to stop getting flags. Period.
Oh, and when you intercept a pass, just go down. honestly, game could've ended with Asante's dumb 'I'll go get a touchdown' run.
