The Philadelphia Eagles continued their run of high scoring games by trouncing the New York Giants, 40-17.
Donovan McNabb had 3 touchdown strikes and passed for 240 yards on the day. The Eagles have scored on a multitude of big plays all season long, and that remained in tact in their showdown against the Giants. Philadelphia had three touchdowns on plays of 40 yards or longer including:
- a 41-yard TD run by FB Leonard Weaver
- a 54-yard TD reception by WR DeSean Jackson
- a 66-yard TD run by RB LeSean McCoy
This game was all Philly from the jump. The Eagles put up 13 points in the opening quarter, followed by 17 points in the second quarter in route to a 30-7 halftime advantage. For the game, the Eagles averaged 8.0 yards per play while the Giants averaged 4.9.
DeSean Jackson had yet another big play this week against New York.
New York’s ineffectiveness could also be illustrated by examining Eli Manning’s performance. Eli barely connected on 50% of his pass attempts (20-39 for 222 yards). Manning tossed two interceptions, one of which was picked off by Asante Samuel and returned 37 yards to set up a score.
After a dominating start to the season that had everyone declaring them the NFC frontrunners, the Giants have fallen prey to three hungry teams in the hefty portion of their schedule. Their first loss came to the New Orleans Saints, which saw both teams enter the game undefeated. The Saints’ offense ran circles around the Giants, whose offense is not designed to keep up that type of scoring pace. The following week saw a regrouped Arizona Cardinals team beat New York at home. Eli Manning had three of his passes picked off in that game.
”You don’t expect it when you win five straight. You’re feeling good, you’re feeling great and then, to lose three in a row especially, you just don’t feel like you’re playing your best.”
A bit of frustration could be detected in Ginats’ head coach Tom Coughlin:
”That’s not the kind of football we teach and that’s not what we’re all about, but there it was again.”
The truth of the matter is that the Giants had a padded schedule in the early going – scheduled with teams like Washington, Tampa Bay, Kansas City and Oakland. But they now face the daunting portion of their season with tussles against Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia (again), Dallas and Minnesota still forthcoming.
At the end of their 16-game schedule, their performance over their last half of the season will be what determined their playoff fate.
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