GIANTS 21
Not since 1979 have the Giants been this inept.
That was well before Bill Parcells ever arrived in town; well before the club drafted Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor, and two years before Eli Manning was ever born. Heck, the original "Alien" film was the highest grossing movie of that year!
For the first time since 1979, the Giants are 0-5. A team that can't even find a way through a paper bag let alone get a victory against even the weakest of opponents. The Eagles were the last ditch effort for New York to get into the win column, and prolong the unlikely scenario that this team could contend in the woeful NFC East.
Now, forget about it!
These Giants are no better than a cooked turkey, and it's not even Halloween yet!
The Giants teased and taunted their fans all afternoon. They got of to a hot start with Eli Manning hitting Hakeem Nicks for 49 yards, setting up a five yard touchdown run by David Wilson. Then New York went into proverbial hibernation.
The Eagles, even with a hobbled Michael Vick, found a way to put up 19 unanswered points, including a 16-point second quarter to take a 19-7 lead into the half.
Before leaving with a injury, Vick looked great. He was 6-of-14 for 105 yards, including a huge connection with DeSean Jackson that helped set up the Eagles lone touchdown of the first half. Yet, once he left, the Giants had no answer for Nick Foles, (more on that in a minute).
Coming out of the half, the Giants once again teased us all into believing a second half comeback was in the offing. First Manning hit Ruben Randle for 20-yards, and Nicks for 14 more, before Manning went back to Randle for a 26-yard touchdown to make it 19-14.
With the crowd starting to feel the momentum shifting, the Giants forced an Eagles three and out, giving Manning the football back. For the first time this year, New York scored on consecutive possessions. A pass interference on the Eagles cost Philadelphia 32-yards and set up Big Blue at the 19-yard line. From there Manning hit Randle on a six yard slantto give New York a 21-19 lead.
Yet, once again, New York was teasing us all.
Foles, (told you I was going to come back to him), engineered a swift drive deep enough into Giants territory to attempt a field goal to give the Eagles the lead back, 22-21.
However, as has been the case all season, turnovers proved costly for the Giants. Facing extreme pressure from the outside on first down, Manning tried to hurry a throw to Brandon Jacobs, but the pass was popped up into the air and into the hands of Mychal Kendricks (Yes, that is how he spells Michael).
With great field position, Foles rolled to his left, threw across his body and hit Brent Celek for the touchdown to give the Eagles a 29-21 lead.
All of sudden the energy, and enthusiasm in MetLife had disappeared. The look of despair was back in the eyes of the Giants. Like they did last week in Kansas City, the Giants gave up when adversity slapped them in the face.
This is not a prototypical Giants squad that once built a reputation as one of the NFL's toughest franchises.
Instead the 2013 Giants are a bad football team that can be had at any point during a ball game. They give up easily, even when an entire quarter, or even an entire half is to be played; they fail at the fundamentals, and fail in the greatest cardinal sin in football, and thats protecting the football.
This team stinks.
This team has no heart.
It is only a matter of time before changes are to be made to the coaching staff. Tom Coughlin has done a great job over his 10-year career with the Giants, but he has to make some tough decisions, and that might involve firing his coordinators who are doing a great job of putting him on the hot seat.
Things have to change now for the Giants. The 2013 season is over, and the next 12 weeks will be about finding out who and whom will be apart of the franchise in 2014. Right now, those candidates are Eli Manning, Victor Cruz and a whole bunch of question marks.
Now is the time for the Giants to truly earn their bloated pay checks.
Then again, looking at the schedule, when are the Giants going to win a game this year? That is the biggest question of all.
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