PHILADELPHIA — Infrequently it’s highest to replace the lens in which the identical earlier problem is viewed over and over.
So, somewhat than listen to Giants players and coaches dissect the adaptation between effort and execution unless ears launch to bleed or resolve out which parties — the offensive linemen, the talent-space players or the coaches — are most culpable for potentially the most contemporary point-scoring failure, gain out what it looked cherish across the dual carriageway of scrimmage.
Did the Eagles ever seriously feel cherish the Giants might well presumably well also proceed the ball?
“No,” linebacker Alex Singleton after contributing an interception returned for a touchdown to the Eagles’ 34-10 seize against the Giants.
No?
“We knew what we needed to take care of out to seize this game,” Singleton acknowledged. “The announcing of, ‘Step on their throat your total game,’ that’s what we had been ready to take care of out. Just give our offense as many opportunities unless they got going, and as soon as they did we continued to play the model we did.”
It took 28 minutes for the Eagles — playing on four days’ relaxation — to conquer sloppy mistakes and ranking. After they tied the sport at 3-3, they kept scoring. And scoring. And scoring. With 34 consecutive points unless the Giants scored their sixth touchdown valid by the last six video games and fourth valid by a four-game shedding high-tail with out quarterback Daniel Jones. Three of those fill near in fourth quarters after falling behind by 30 points.
Both the Eagles and Giants held 2-5 data but fill long gone in diversified directions since, with the Eagles (8-7) positioned because the No. 7 seed in the NFC playoffs after odd manager Howie Roseman’s profitable seize-while-rebuilding mission. The Giants (4-11) composed are paying for odd manager Dave Gettleman’s failed break up-focal point in 2018.
“Howie acknowledged, ‘Nice job strolling again from a 2-5 commence,’ ” coach Cut Sirianni acknowledged. “I acknowledged, ‘Howie, mammoth job.’ Esteem what other first-yr head coaches are in the gap I’m in? Now we fill a mammoth offensive and line of defense. Most often when there is a brand novel head coach, it’s since the offensive and defensive lines aren’t any correct.”
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The Eagles had so little appreciate for the threat of the Giants rallying from a 20-3 fourth-quarter deficit that they ran a take care of-eligible play from the 5-yard line that, listening to the postgame files conferences, in actuality became added to the playbook this week as a win-me-up touchdown for loved Lane Johnson after he became snubbed by the Official Bowl vote.
“I mediate you rating a gamble to fill a man who’s going to be a foremost- or 2nd-team All-Official and now not in the Official Bowl,” Sirianni acknowledged, “so it became mammoth so as to salvage him a touchdown.”
The Giants averaged 2 yards per play (47 yards on 94 plays) by three quarters, returning to benched backup quarterback Mike Glennon after third-stringer Jake Fromm couldn’t present a spark in his first profession commence.
“Without reference to who they fill accessible,” acknowledged Eagles security Rodney McLeod, who contributed an interception, “it’s laborious to dominate a team the model that we did.”
