Giants dropped by Eagles, 23-17: Instant analysis

Instant analysis of the latest New York Giants loss in which they fell to the Philadelphia Eagles, 23-17, in overtime..

For awhile it looked as if the New York Giants would get their first win since Week 4 against a stumbling Philadelphia Eagles team, but it turned out to be too much of an ask.

The Giants came into Philadelphia this week 9.5-point underdogs to the struggling Eagles, who had lost their last three games. New York had nothing to lose and took a 17-3 halftime lead. Then, they stopped scoring and Eagles put together enough offense with the players they had remaining to tie the score and take the Giants into overtime.

From there, Philadelphia won the toss in overtime and knifed right through the Giants’ defense to win, 23-17, and crush the Giants’ dream of another Eli Manning comeback.

Big Blue was looking to snap a five-game losing streak against their hated rivals who they had dropped nine of the last 10 games.

They hadn’t won in Philadelphia since 2013. They still haven’t.

The Giants also hadn’t had a lot of success against the Eagles in Monday night games, winning only once in eight tries and that was back in 1972. They’ll have to wait for that one, too.

At 2-10 and losers of their last eight, the Giants needed some type of spark if they were going to win on this soggy night in Philly.

They got it early in the form of the 38-year old Manning and a defense that suddenly came alive after three months of ineptitude.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Giants drew first blood with this Eli to Darius Slayton 35-yard touchdown hookup to start the third quarter.

Eli hooked up with Slayton again for a 55-yard scoring play right before halftime.

But this is a Giants team that hadn’t put together a complete game in quite some time. They wouldn’t do that on this night, either. They crumbled on offense down the stretch and the defense tried like hell to put up a fight but they just couldn’t make that last stop.

The loss was their ninth in a row and ties a franchise record for consecutive losses.

Notes

  • Tight ends Evan Engram (foot) and Rhett Ellison (concussion) were inactive again. Rookie cornerback Corey Ballentine (concussion) also say out. Running back Wayne Gallman was a healthy scratch. Javorius Allen served as Saquon Barkley’s primary backup.
  • Right guard Kevin Zeitler was leg-whipped by Eagles defensive end Vinny Curry midway through the fourth quarter and was taken to the locker room as he could not put any weight on his leg. He was replaced by Nick Gates.
  • Eli Manning avoided going .500 for his career with the victory. He’s now 117-116 lifetime. Manning threw for 203 yards in the game, passing 2004 draft mate Ben Roethlisberger (56,545) for seventh place on the all-time list. His two touchdown passes also shot him past Big Ben on the all-time list with 364 TDs and is now fourth among active passers behind Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Philip Rivers.

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