After a loss by the Cowboys earlier today, the Birds went into New York against the Giants tonight with a chance to move into first plcace in the division. Thanks to a spectacular nightt by Desean Jackson and Giant's miscues they were able to do just that. Both teams were horrible on defense, allowing a combined 896 yards and 83 points. It was just one of those nights where defense didn't matter and the winner would just be whoever kept scoring longer. The Giants alone had 512 yards of offense and they lost. New York also had 3 turnovers to just 1 for the Eagles and that really turned out to be the difference. For the Eagles' offense, Donovan Mcnabb threw for 275 yards and 2 TDs, Desean Jackons had 6 catches for 178 yards and a TD, Brent Celek had 5 catches for 64 yards and a TD, Leonard Weaver ran 10 times for 33 yards and the game winning TD, and Micheal Vick completed a pass for 32 yards and ran 3 times for 11 yards and a TD. The Eagles got off to a quick start with an opening 67 yard TD driv capped off by Mcnabb's 8 yard screen pass to Brent Celek for the score. Then on the Giants opening drive Brandon Jacobs fumbled right to Sheldon Brown who ran it back 60 yards for a TD and 14-0. NY fought back cutting the Eagle's lead to 14-10 by the 2nd quarter before the a David Aker's field goal and 74 yard Jackson punt return for a TD pushed it back up to 24-10. NY fought back again to cut it to 24-17 before the a 70 yard capped off by a 1 yard Vick TD run pushed the lead back up to 30-17 at half. NY then opened the 2nd half with a 9 minutes TD drive to cut it to 30-24. Then on their next drive Domenick Hixon caught a short pass from Eli Manning, broke a couple tackles and raced 61 yards for a TD and 31-30 Giant's lead. On the ensuing Eagle's Mcnabb came right back with a 60 yd TD pass to Jackson to put the Birds ahead 37-31. The two teams then actually a few defensive stops before the Birds marched 91 yards and ate up 7 minutes on a 4th quarter TD drive capped off by a 1 yd Weaver TD run and 2 point conversion for a commanding 45-31 Eagles' lead. NY rallied back again to cut it to 45-38 before the Birds ran the clock down to about 30 seconds and forced Eli into a game ending fumble on the final Giants' drive. So at 9-4 overall the Eagles are now all alone atop the NFC East and control their own destiny. They can clinch a playoff birth with a win next week and can still finish as high a 2nd in the NFC, if they win out and Minnesota loses 2 of 3. A more realistic goal though might be finishing 3rd in the NFC which they can do by winning out and having Arizona lose 1 of 3 down the stretch.
2 comments:
Another huge win for the Eagles and it was an entertaining game to watch granted there was basicly no D. Im really happy with the Eagles win. The playoffs are in sight and even though a bye is unlikely (it would be nice) I think the Eagles could do just fine getting through the first round of the playoffs.
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yeah I think so to
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