2008 Giants @ Eagles

[Music] Philadelphia sitting a puzzle this night plan of November anticipation of the next chapter the great rivalry between the Eagles of the Giants on Sunday Night Football [Music] [Applause] [Music] comes down to this [Music] Sunday night here we go [Music] [Music] gets up at begins back rockin [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] just across the parking lot in the home of baseball's world champions is Lincoln Financial Field where on this 48-degree night the Philadelphia Eagles come out onto the field ready to take on the Super Bowl champion New York Giants and quarterback Eli Manning on NBC's Sunday Night Football now Michael is with John maddinames Rivera welcome to Philadelphia a game that will very much alter the complexion of the NFC East if the Giants win they'll go to 8:1 they'll be in a dominant spy and Philadelphia wins it will turn the NFC East into a mad scramble the Giants 7 and 1 at the halfway mark they're only lost during the first half of the season the Monday liner at Cleveland this team comes in with no Super Bowl letdown very balanced with an offense third and defensive extremely healthy the Eagles started the season with a record of two and three but they're hot now they've won three straight so they are five and three Donovan McNabb is the healthiest he's been in a couple of years and looks like it Brian Westbrook has been battling ankle and rib injuries he's missed two games but he appears to be almost completely healthy again and the Eagles are poised for a big second hand fraud John these two teams have play some great games over the past few years many of them have gone down to the wire last year the Giants be filled in both meetings what will the Eagles have to do to turn the tables tonight well you know in those four games all came down to the last place so basically they just have to finish I mean you talked the Hindi read me says we have to win the battle at the line of scrimmage both offensively and defensively Donovan McNabb says we have to finish we have to finish the game and we have to finish drives remember when we had them against Chicago they could move the ball up and down between the 20-yard line then that hit inside the 20 and I'm the goal line and they couldn't score so the big thing for them tonight is they have to be able to move the ball like that but when they do get close to the goal line that's a sport touchdown point well-taken if three losses by a total of 14 points as far as the Giants are concerned I mentioned how balanced they are offensively and defensively in tonight's game which of those two units will be more instrumental in your mind to determine the outcome of this game I think the offense of the Giants and it's led by their offensive line which is the best offensive line in the NFL and it starts with with that in the running game and that takes a lot of pressure off a very confident Eli Manning but he like cannot make mistakes tonight you know you start to Jim jumps and the Philadelphia Eagles they want to go after him you know they're gonna blitz them and when they go and glitz them they want to get turnovers they don't want to just get sacks what you think this will be a great night and so all the town is talking about two separated by a lot 90 minute drive on the New Jersey Turnpike meaning since 1933 Eagles Giants on Sunday Night Football [Music] NBC sports home of Super Bowl 43 welcomes you to the following presentation of the National Football League flatline storylines drama galore tonight and plenty of back stories for one of the more interesting of those let's get down to the field and Andrea Kramer Andrea Johnson was the boss and mentor to Giants defensive coordinator Steve spagnolo for eight seasons Johnson said he recognizes about 60% of the Giants defenses being his concepts especially the pressure packages Spagnola told me that beyond the exes I know is the most important thing in Johnson was you have to trust your players and al4 now the student is getting the better of the teacher since the Giants defense is allowed only one touchdown and there prior to meeting and Spagnola might be the hottest young assistant in the league there's a look at the NFC East regarded by almost everybody is the best of the divisions giant seven and one the Redskins and Cowboys are off this weekend a meet next Sunday on Sunday Night Football and you saw a Philadelphia at five and three Giants long the toss elected to receive the south end that Lincoln Financial Field Akers will be kicking off a look from above fireworks to get us underway on this 48° Sunday night as Andy Regan is in the middle of his 10th season as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles [Applause] what they call linked taking two yards into the endzone by Ahmad Bradshaw and Bradshaw brings the ball out to the 22 yard line and that's where the Giants offense will go to work after the tackle by Hakeem Jordan here's the offense Eli Manning Ole Miss Brandon Jacobs some math snitch got North Carolina Plaxico Burress Michigan State Amani Toomer Michigan Kevin boss Western Oregon Dave deal University of chief longwood rich Seibert Western Illinois Shawn O'Hara Rutgers University Chris Nate Boston College Cooley New Jersey who's Dean Christine son-in-law of head coach Tom Coughlin the right big reason to pick up fool six yard line Eli Manning Super Bowl MVP lasted his numbers at this point this season very similar to what they were last year and as you can see again still adelphia here perfect in the regular season lost one of those wildcard games is rating not bad 8950 1712 touchdown passes this season with 500 seconds and the Giants will go to five wide a shotgun here on second down and six for man even thought that a former in world first down as he plays a money tumor now it is 13th season from Michigan you're just talking about Eli Manning but but look how much more comfortable he looks I mean he gets back there and spreads that offense at empty backfield five wide receivers free on this side too and the other side due to a medium route one goes in short wrap and he throws to the short guy but and he is so calm down the pocket rumors remember you're going here given the year before that be honest or off a little ants he answered a lot of questions in January left finishes take it away Patterson the defensive tackle takes it inside ten to the nine yard lines that just when you begin to talk about the comfort level the one thing the Philadelphia defense can do is make you very uncomfortable in a hurry right and that's exactly what Jim Johnson wanted that's what we were fighting that look at this they come up there they give the Blitz they get the freshman Eli Manning they make him throw it when he doesn't want to and there's Mike Patterson getting me knocked down and then catching the ball but that's exactly what Jim Joe - looking for when we put pressure when we come with a blitz we don't just want a set we want to get a turnover the first blitz they got a turnover one of the shortest defensive linemen in the league at six feet is Manning goes over things with Kevin Gilbride that's Patterson's first career interception and the Eagles have a first and goal at the nine the Giants coming off the game against Dallas last group in which to turn the ball over three times so they start [Music] a lot of heat on the first play and has to throw it away that's just been tucked and Justin Tuck is emerging into a star number 91 with the retirement of Michael Strahan that giant defensive line has not missed the beat even with that OC human Yura who was gone for the season with an injury in pre-season and 91 is becoming a star you can see Kiwanuka come from one side putting a little pressure from the right side and then Justin Tuck coming from the left side who really put the hit on now the Wildcat offense here DeSean Jackson's going to take the snap there he is he's the wide receiver and Jackson around the corner will get you about the [Applause] it's the pylon autoblock line Jon Runyan so what a start for the Eagles an interception by a defensive lineman little Wildcat formation and DeSean Jackson goes nine yards for a touchdown Sean Jackson is a perfect guy for this because he's a great open field runner he's a punt returner and a kick returner great one after the catch and if you're going to put someone in the Wildcat position on this team he's the ideal guy he returns punts we've seen him down with a wild cat he's their leading receiver david akers for the point after we've also seen mr. Goldman opportunity for another touchdown in that game in Dallas when he left the ball behind at the one-yard line so a perfect start for the Philadelphia Eagles Patterson with the interception then Jackson takes it in for the touchdown seven to nothing Philadelphia crowd has already broken into their first chorus of fly eagles fly that only took a minute and 42 seconds Manning ready to come back out with the offense acres for the second particular branch you up back to take it taken in the end zone by Derrick Ward who was back there with Bradshaw and Ward juggles it and he'll settle for the touch back as we go back to the touchdown great play great move at a great a great pair of block setting it up watch you see you DeSean Jackson's right there now watch buck Halldor the block that he's going to get and then to block that Jon Runyan gift Buckwalter right there now here's here's Runyon right there and that is sprays DeSean Jackson London just in development Ross the corner on he let himself be enveloped in here guys six for using thirty pounds [Music] this is sacred caring for nine let's take a look at the Phillies starting defense it's quite Parker Oklahoma State bypassing Southern California where Bunkley Florida State University Trent : Cincinnati Chris go Kong Cal Poly San Luis Obispo its to Bradley Nebraska Omar Gaither Tennessee Sante Samuel UCF Knights Quentin Michael Boise State University Brian Dawkins Clips Sheldon the South cron 2nd down and a long just outside the 28-yard line you get direct warning reward with bounce off the pile he's part of a three-headed it's a Hydra headed monster the Giants have out of the backfield you've got the hammer in Jacobs who's averaging 5.2 then you've got Ward averaging 6.1 and then a lot of times in the fourth quarter they go to a mod Bradshaw and he's averaging five point forcing the team now John averaging a scintillating 5.2 Porto and you wonder if you can have 2,000 yards running back to the same backfield grandma Jacobsen in there [Applause] the 35-yard line of course they let Jeremy Shockey go in the offseason to New Orleans he got into it with Drew Brees today you might have seen that on football night in America and boss has taken over as the number one tight end second year at a Western Oregon and what they lose there's the little bit walking with that offensive line there are such good blockers that the tight end isn't as big as he isn't in some offensive the sake feels a lot of blood second down and six hang out of the shotgun we'll spread it out the war again after early contact picks up a couple of extra yards Stuart Bradley the middle linebacker will make the tackle he takes it out to the 40 yard line of the Giants will have a third down and one now more and more teams are doing this having runs from shotgun where the Giants were in it I was over in four wide receivers two by two and then the running play when you spread out to get it shot then that's going to be fast and get a big pass rest so every time you get in shotgun you can't let them know okay this is a pass rush the passer when I'm underneath Center it's going to be run its answer that second ranked washing game a third and one it's the play fake and man to boss and the tight end we caught a touchdown fest last week against Dallas picks up a first down here he's ridden out of bounds by Brian Dawkins that's a gain to 21 of the Giants or an eagle territory yeah this is a good third yard third third down and short pass where you where you faked the run then you bootleg out to the right then you have your tight end coming across the field see Kevin boss comes across the field to the same side that Eli Manning is bootlegging to that's a pretty easy throw but it does it does feel and hold the defense [Applause] Warren who splits out why to the white boys come back this way and the passions for the backup tight-end Michael Matthews number 88 it'll be second down and 10 yeah what they did is they gave a five wide receiver looked that time with two tight ends and you know Jim Johnson saw that empty backfield and the first time in he'll I felt pretty comfortable in it he didn't let him feel comfortable that time he brought the twitch he had a throw right into the Blitz Jacobs back in the game now Jacob cents at 8:00 scrimmage on second down to town he was creeping up inside the 30 jacobs inside the 22 the 18 yard line and brandon jacobs with a retirement a tiki barber and got an opportunity to play a lot last year and made the most of it and he's having a Pro Bowl type season and what's a right guard Chris knee is going to pull out and lead him he gets right in behind sneak gets right on his hip and makes them break right off his wife hit right there Jacob says just enough patience to let him get the front to make that one Ward clanking Manning man [Applause] six minutes into the game the by Broderick's monthly you know John we're talking about Christine he's the son-in-law as I mentioned of Tom Coughlin's so we said to him last night hey Chris you know if you go home and you complain to your wife you know that that you're upset with the boss what if she say she says suck it up right he says he has to have two relationships he has one with him as his father-in-law I know Tom Coughlin's doesn't follow principles of sleep but she is yes he's her father's daughter no doubt who's there record in the backroom again on second down and McCroskey throws and it's incomplete and nearly intercepted his word couldn't hold on Victor Adam Mary put the pressure on number 95 and it will be third down and nine yeah and look grabbing Mary came he came right over Chris snake he's going to knock Chris knee right on his back and run right over and hit he like just as he threw it I'm just talking about Chris Smith right after that he gets his run over [Applause] third an i to go in the opening quarter this is the giant second possession their first the intersection was turned do a touchdown [Applause] Barriss touchdown Giants Sheldon brown on a corner blitz that time and Manning hung in there and hits him for 17 yards and a touchdown so Baris who had not caught a pass to this point makes his 33rd touchdown reception of an Eli Manning pass right perfect by Eli Manning first in calling the pass protection getting the Blitz picked up and fly and then and then hitting Burris on that pass four touchdowns for borrowers this season and the extra point is good John Carney bangs it through at the age of 44 so the Giants respond that with the Eagles go into the opening touchdown back they come 80-yard Drive 10 plays to left the game at 7 you can experience Sunday Night Football extra by logging onto NBC sports.com or nfl.com live coverage of the game and a lot more you can also catch do both for the horse trailer player of the game we had a kicker and infinitary for the first time and speaking of kickers here's Lawrence Tynes who's been an active all season until now the entry act up tonight pick off to the 5-yard line Quentin dense a rookie from Texas El Paso loses it and the Giants recover inside the 15-yard line so dense who's done a very good job to this point this season in his rookie season running back kickoffs gives it up and chase Blackburn comes away with a recovery for the Giants and start with a short field now what's the coverage here Ahmad Bradshaw is gonna come in there you see and make the tackle and then he got his left hand in and knocked the ball out that's the thing you know everyone's doing that on tackling now even they know the kickoff coverage guys you go down and then when you have the tackle secured you try and knock the ball up see he has a tackle and he gets that left handle and just knocks the ball out and that silence this crowd with Jacobs now [Applause] the worst limit the Giants to a field goal attempt Broderick Bunkley makes the tackle we talk about the Giants having me the best offensive line in football and then the three runners and Brandon Jacobs even a mock Bradshaw maybe in the second half as a change in this is where that's big when you get in your red zone it's not that you have to run it in the score touchdowns but the flu makes it a lot easier to throw the ball go back [Applause] my yard line take a look at the Giants recently in their last couple of games they went to Pittsburgh they won the game but they only got into the end zone once in six drives that took them inside the 20-yard line then the last week against Dallas every time they got into the red zone they scored a touchdown along the game 35 to 14 this is where you need the protection because you know you're going to get a big pass rush you know third and long inside the legend they said false up in the slot to the left they take to ward Manning on the Royals and the patches incomplete intended for boss covered were intended for Madison Hitchcock and covered by gold Kong on the play it'll be fourth down and the Eagles indeed limit the Giants to a field goal opportunity we talked about how the bootleg was effective on third and short and here on third and six it's not as effective because because the the Eagles weren't really playing tough run defense they were playing too loose so their linebackers kicked it out to those flats 27 yard attempt now times is active but John Carney will still do the field goal giving they may use the times for the longer picks Barney's done a great job at the age of 44 when clients got hurt 21st season at a Notre Dame to feed those two games at 42 we'll put it down so it's an 86 year old combination that connects for the three-pointer 6:45 to go in the opening quarter and Philadelphia to giant sound to leave 10:00 to 7:00 fountain right here on in the City of Brotherly Love the Liberty Bell Independence Hall and out of Lincoln Financial Field so wenton Demps a rookie that was his 26th one back of the season and his first fumble is averaging 24 yards returned people's happy much better this year the special teams play the return game and dense again for some Redemption to the 36 yard line and that's where nickname and company will take over after the tackle by st. Madison back we come to Philadelphia after this [Music] donovan mcnabb the Eagles number one pick 10 years ago he came to Philadelphia same time Andy Reed did his career recognizes he against the Giants and then 10 TVs and no picks in his last six games they do [Applause] not for one thirty-five appearances off the hands of LJ Smith let's take a look at the Eagle offense donovan mcnabb Syracuse University why westward you didn't know Dan cleco Temple University Kevin Curtis Utah State Michonne Jackson long beach poly LJ Smith Rockies University Trey Thomas Florida State Nikko let's go state Jamal Jackson Delaware Sea Angeles Georgia Jon Runyan Michigan crowd booing on that last play because LJ Smith dropped it Smith is hurt last week and his backup that Seattle here is Brian Westbrook his carry takes it to the 39 yard line so the crowds been getting on Smith a lot of fans around town think that Selleck should take his spot right now LJ in the sixth year was the number two pick back in O 3 and Selleck coming off a tremendous performance against the Seahawks just good to have two of them as a starter and they could put Brent Celek in anytime they want and the only Andy Reid knows that Donna McNabb knows that but they have six active wide receivers biggest interchange law there's a try bunch to the right side three receivers right there behind the screen and the probe in the middle the left side of the pass is incomplete something you see teams do very often the line of three guys one way you won't even look in that direction to go the other way intended for LJ Smith covered by Michael Johnson and McNabb starts the day old for three bad start but a terrific finish form last week at Seattle I think you started last week he was old for seven and I asked him how does that happen he said well he said most the time is just footwork that I in the right places but eventually I get straightened out and there's Sam raka who cannot stop it from going into the end zone it gots at the two yardline or rolls in for the touchdown Giants have the ball we come back leading by three [Music] obviously one of the keys to success to have an offensive line working well together and one way you do that is to stay healthy so there they are deal soy Bert O'Hara Snead and McKenzie they've started their last 25 games together so that's a season and a half and right now people are beginning to talk about this line as is as good as any [Applause] they play so well the whole for Derrick Ward to pick up seven yards and so you know the offensive lineman always anonymous take a a closer look at the guys along the offensive front for the New York Giants Kareem McKenzie looking very professore and they're gonna can't check for that too of course they are I mean that's the old rule in the NFL offensive linemen never pose like a GQ shoot and they're looking for a nickname for themselves yeah second and three in eternity getting the first down onto the 47 yard line Amani Toomer cruising over the middle Amani Toomer in his 13th season gain of 20 makes his second catch of the night two catches for 29 yards for tumor and we talked about Eli being comfortable in the pocket and it's this kind of protection its play-action pass protection but look there is no one within five yards of Eli Manning when he throws this ball so the other end of that Amani Toomer can run man commenda spacewalking back the boys up front that's your game as he takes it into Philadelphia territory Madison Hedgecock number 39 the full-back started in his career with the Rams there's a great job paving the way and he did some road grading here right and he does in the I formation you see he gets the good block there but Ward leaves it he has a patient said now if you over pursue to the side of the lead then the cutback is there and that's what Derrick Ward took Giants have gave 132 yards the Eagles of being clothed Eagles got their touchdown after the interception on second in a deuce they protection again to the outside passport award and four he broke away from a tackle by the heralded free agent from New England Asante Samuel gain of 14 1st down Giants one of the biggest matchups for the Giants tonight is going to be David deal right here against Trent call because Trent call is a speed pass rusher he tries to give underneath you and around you David deal has really done a good job of solidifying this line at the left tackle position Jacobs back in the game Jenkins's carry the ball five times four that's I read the and brass you are the third running back made a big play forcing a fumble on special teams [Applause] the gain of seven you know that's that's a lot of a lot of power going in in one hole and you see the the first guy leading is Madison Hedgecock and he weighs 266 pounds and here comes Brandon Jacobs at 264 we'll watch these two guys here I mean the power that goes in there that's going to push any pile back four or five yards we're gonna have this thing is pushed here and just going and going and going and that's an offense you always want all piles to go forward defense you on 530 pounds coming action keep protecting again mascot and that's another first down as Amani Toomer got position on Asante Samuel so even though Samuel great cornerback with New England tremendous all-pro they went out and spent a lot of money to get him in a free agency but they're working on him tonight well that's one thing I like about what the Giants are doing now is they're moving flexes no giris around and they you should just have him mostly on the left side here but now he'll be on the right side and then move them to the left side they're moving in his slot and then of course that means Amani Toomer to the other side Sam the gun [Applause] they're faithful Richmond body tumors so tumor a very big part of the plan here in the first quarter tackled by goal Kong Imani is already caught four passes as we took down to one minute remaining in the opening period yeah I was talking about Trent Cole's being the speed rusher but when those speed rushers come with a bull rush or an inside move they can take a big tackle and knock him backward women second and tricks and this is war Council the initial contact is Tripathi it is right there to stop him with under a minute now it will be third down and seven for the New York Giants at the 10-yard line and this has to be a passing situation obviously a Tom Coughlin was talking about last night how our toughness Eagle defense is one in the red zone he said that the closer to the goal line you get the tougher they are when you get to the goal line he says they have the best defense the best goal line he's ever seen [Applause] [Music] getting an echo we'll be caught and it is caught by tumor at the one-yard line and that's going to take us down to the end of a first quarter in which the Philadelphia Eagles had the ball for 90 seconds and the Giants have out gained them 176 took 12 first and goal we come back to start the second quarter [Music] aerial coverage tonight is being brought to you by Duracell as you look at downtown Philadelphia Al Michaels John Madden and Andrea Kramer here at Lincoln Financial Field and South Philadelphia home of the world champion Philadelphia Phillies who pay their games across the parking lot Citizens Bank and now we start the second quarter the first and goal for the New York Giants and lead by three when threatened to go up by ten Jacobs is the running back ed Scott is the four back inside the one the fake to Jacobs and that passes caught for a touchdown by Kevin Boss [Applause] successfully action against Philadelphia over the past couple of years Trent Cole put the pressure on but Eli gets it away in the Giants up by nine ten I think this play here shows the respect Tom Coughlin has for that goal line defense if you're going to run a play-action pass in the goal line it's better to do it on first and second down you can't wait to third down so if you're gonna do it do it right now if you don't think that you're going to be able to run it in easily then come up with a play-action pass and get a catch like that thanks for the boss he is laughs caught touchdown passes in three straight games he goes the errant snap down and carnie bangs it through so the New York Giants are up 17 to 7 you know you think about the Giants if you go back a year and a half you know Tom Coughlin's job is in jeopardy Tiki Barber has retired Michael Strahan is thinking about retiring the offensive line is in flux it's a secondary full of question marks it looks like a team on the decline John they were six into the year prior in the first half two and six you fast forward Coughlin is a coach of the Year candidate the offensive line is terrific nobody really misses Tiki I mean think he's a great guy but I mean that running game is fantastic Jeremy Shockey Zinn New Orleans and nobody misses him the secondary has a bunch of young guys playing extremely well they've got a Lombardi Trophy in the lobby and they're looking at a very good possibility of another one right and look who has the C on his jersey they have Eli Manning we got it they said you know wasn't a leader you couldn't do this if you play well you're illegal that's all you have to do but the big game to me was their game against New England the last game of the season I think that's what won Super Bowl form you know it was all win you know they were in the playoffs already it didn't mean anything but they really would the undefeated Patriots and to me that springboard [Applause] the 7-yard he electrifies the crowd with a good the 48-yard line and we'll take a look right now at the giant defense after the 40 yard return Justin Tuck Notre Dame Perico fill northwest play at Robins wake for Mathias Kiwanuka Boston College Danny Clark Illinois ap Arizona chase Blackburn Akron aaron ross the University of Texas Mike Johnson Arizona Kenneth Phillips do you go after LSU that is Jonathan Goff though the Antonio Pierce's backup in special teams performer needing some attention injury timeout checking out Jonathan Goff on the sidelines and take a look at this this was a three on one there's Nick Cole there's going to do the damage so I mean that is a a collision three guys and they he fixed Nick Cole he picks the middle of the guy makes the middle guy to take on that's the last thing he remembers would you rather be a legs Buster or wash windows on the 60th floor I'd rather be a wedge buster I wouldn't want to laugh 47 yard line this is Brian Westbrook carried the 49 yard line so the Eagles have had the ball so infrequently in this game that's only Westbrook second carry of the night and donovan mcnabb is going to have to have to start a rhythm but he hasn't had enough place to just get them complacent and get another completion there couple first guys you'll get the role going I found seven [Applause] [Music] that wasn't picked off by Aaron Ross Ross got in front of the intended receiver Kevin Curtis and nearly had an interception it'll be third down and seven and McNabb is now over his first four now you watch Aaron Ross here and that's what that's what happens when when a guy reads pattern and he has helped over the top then that means that he could play it underneath and undercut see if he didn't have a safety over the top he couldn't do that because all the receiver would have to do is go deep but it was receiver go playing like that he could play underneath [Applause] [Music] is incomplete and that's Kimmy Phillips their number one ranked choice of Miami the rookie who comes free right through the middle to force it fourth and seven are you talking about spagnolo and the different things that the Giants defense does flexus they show the overload on that side and then bring the Blitz from that side so what happened is we had was watching and he's calling his protection to the right and then the pressure comes from his left and it's getting the start in place of the tonight unsealed and in fair court at the 19th by Dominic Hickson science fitted back early second quarters New York up by Tanana [Music] this is Sunday night that back we come the Giants on offense if you joined us late manning threw an interception in the first Jacob sinks into the 24 the Eagles had a first and goal from the diamond went in to score and since then the Giants have had the ball almost exclusively lead by ten and have it here second down and five you know when you talk to Jim Johnson about the problems you have defensively what the Giants is you have to keep a safety over the top of plexi Coburn's because you don't want to get beat deep so that means that you have to have four back and that means you have to play the run with seven and the running game and on offensive line is is so good that it's tough to play with just seven guys that's a dilemma that is in stop 34 yard line well usually you would say you know bring that eight guide down if you have to bring the bring a safety down you'll get the extra extra guys in there but if you do that then then you give them stuff deep so you have to keep that safety back there but I'll tell you here's here's the guy that is really the most improved giant that I watch as Madison edge pas I mean a year ago I thought he was a very average fullback I watch him on film now and he is a dominant fullback a dominant lead blocker I have got one in the game [Applause] [Music] takes it to the 36 mean they're all interesting stories with Jacob's going to its junior college and then Auburn and southern Illinois here's war who was drafted by the Giants he drafted by the Jets waved by then picked up by the Giants started his college career at Fresno State left college went to work in television production and Warner Brothers then when the going on Ottawa University in Kansas Geary is a star with the Giants are on his way to be in the star anyway now he is I mean that's that's the one to function it's a very very dominant one as we said it could be and went to [Applause] secondly shaving as war first our production assistant to a guy they'll write a movie about and then a guy that if he keeps running and gain in a thousand yards a year will let the only movie what they call those guys at home the investors and the producers or moguls vocals executive producers these days and what will you call anybody who's a student they got a measure here or anyone that has money say where they come dig up a couple of kings in the backyard and that will be a first night Terry McCauley is the referee tonight first time we've mentioned his name because there has been nary a penalty tonight there it is Jacob's and Ward and we're talking about the the balance at this team which had with running and passing and then they had the balance inside for running game as well you know I was saying how much Hitchcock does the truth from last year to meet Brandon Jacobs has improved immensely before he came to look like a fullback running at tailback this year he looks like to me [Applause] things that it gets Saxo the play fake that time didn't stop to Russia's twinkle and white Paterson come in from left and right tackle respectively to get the sack of Manning the trench total is one of those relentless class Russians no matter what he just keeps going and going and going it keeps working and gets that shoulder down once you can get that shoulder even and then get it down and get underneath it then you have the leverage and the power and you gotta be call small but quick hold tight player now you've got Jacobs and ward both coming in and going up it takes a look at that and takes a defensive time on second and length team we go back well a little Washington next week Dallas and the Redskins very important game obviously for both teams and other NFC East match of football night getting started 77 for Pacific hold the Cowboys and the Redskins with by weeks this week and back we go with that lively next Sunday night his second out of 19 now and out of the shotgun to the 39-yard as he gave Newberg for to be third and 15 I was talking about what Plex ago Burris does even on a running play you see it keeps Dawkins back here here's Plex kober's here here's Samuels here so they have to double him now that that that keeps the safeties out so that means that there's seven guys in the block that was seven guys in the pot and they big running back and a good offensive line you will usually win that battle fifteen minimal life [Applause] about three yards shy of the first nap before his tackle by Stuart Bradley so Philadelphia could afford to give up a lot of ground and they almost gave up too much for the blue they went to the three-man line and didn't come with a blitz again because it was third and so long usually on third and long a normal long like third and eight to ten you know Jim Johnson who loves to blitz in that situation when you get third and more than ten then he goes to a three-man line and plays it safe Jeff Eagle is the bonding you saw at the Sean Jackson back to receded out of bounds and they will line it up and stop it at the 18 yard line and that's where the Philadelphia Eagles will take over and Fifi goals is pleading his case that he should have been given more yardage Hahn says McCauley the giant 7 and 1 coming into the game skins off this week and when you look at the remaining schedule the Giants have the toughest remaining schedule in the league and the Eagles have the third toughest and when you take a look at the Cowboys they're in last place but with a winning record and it's the first time a team has been in last place in this division with an over 500 mark since 1935 that's how you in a few days Davis also five visits all subscribe in the back here and you're gonna give it projection little spark here an 11-yard Dean tackled by the rookie safety Kenny Phillips first now well that's one thing the Eagles think that they can do is is misdirection you know get flow going watch the defense flow in that way get flow going and then and then come away from it Westbrook going that way all the flow goes towards him because he's the guy that they want to keep and then back the other way comes to Sean James it's only the Eagles second first out of the game the other was the touchdown [Applause] that's intended for Curtis head off his hands and Donovan who started last week's team 3 for 13 and then finished 25 out of 30 at Seattle hold for 6 tonight you know and he's that type of quarterback I mean we've been watching Donovan McNabb for a long time and he's a streaky quarterback and the minute you think that well it's going to be a long night for McNabb he'll hit 20 out of 20 I mean that is still in him and to me that is still to come tonight I believe that second time [Applause] completely and that's Reggie Brown making the catch such a gain of six it'll be third down let's check in with Andrea well yeah guys before the game I was talking with ego supporter back coach Pat Shermer exactly about what you're talking about McNabb streakiness he said when he sits upstairs the number one thing he watches his mcnabbs feet that's how he knows if he's in rhythm Shermer said that during the game stay in rhythm that time you got it one four seven on three three we'll be not caught by Jackson coming away with at his quarry Webster and Nana come in and signal incomplete so Jackson almost had it then Webster looked like he might have intercepted it and in comes the official to say no incomplete fourth down the Giants are really doing a good job defensively you know of pass rushing putting pressure on McNabb good tight coverage I mean you know McNabb hasn't completed many or he's only completed one but he hasn't had a lot to throw to either good work by the official it's the dead right Cole Dominick Nixon is back here except the shadow [Applause] by chasing a punt at the 23-yard line halfway through the second quarter there's a look at the home of the world's champion across the park line to Philadelphia Phillies lineup on Wednesday nights on NBC Knight Rider life and law and order three dramas Wednesday night at 8:00 Eastern and Pacific Eli Manning comes to the line of scrimmage is seven and a half minutes to play in the half 17 7 he live reaches seven tonight [Applause] is caught collected by Michael Matthews the second tight end gain of 12 at a first down up at the 35 yard line yeah that's that same play that they had earlier it's a bootleg Eli Manning bootlegging to his right and Matthews his tight end coming around to Wesley baskets right here coming across Eli Manning bootlegging to the same side and that is a pretty easy throw you came out where you can see everything [Music] [Applause] jaqen to the outside loses the bed she reads me a little bit of first is recovery Asante Samuel and then and the evenings in a bakery it's Patterson who earlier had the interception who comes away with the fumble recovery while central Asante Samuel is 510 185 and you know that anytime you're the smaller guy you're going to take the big guy low so the big guys thinking if he's going to take me low I'm going to jump over in that case that's a mistake but I think he would have been he would a lot he would have been a lot better just to put his shoulder down and take on the defensive back ran into Chris Koch on Patterson came up with a fumble recovery the Giants have trained in all over for the second time forty-four try to get attracted when it gets on track it'll be Westbrook we'll do a lot of the un-- tracking right then that's what they have to do they have to get in a rhythm now and that rhythm is going to include Westbrook and it also obviously mastered a big dose of Jacob's losing two fumbles in the game here last year the Giants trying to ball over uncharacteristically three times all coaches he turnovers the Timecop worm-eaten number the eternal the list and when [Music] the second in sex with math last time finds the open man that's Jason a bunt there number three receiver works very well coming out of the slot and that's the first half of the Eagles at the giant 25-yard line and this what Donovan McNabb can do so well is buy a little time and his here in shotgun he fakes it bra he fakes out there to left feels his tackle there who's a little tours right gets a little more time and then makes that throw [Applause] his trade Thomas is left off while he were nuclear in the printed pass rush and making it happen [Applause] as soon as he gets around the community has taken down after a gain to one Michael Johnson safety coming up to make the stop and this is the area that the Eagles in the last three or four weeks have been working a lot on is this red zone area close here they you know figure that their offense was really good moving the ball until they got to this area and then it always kind of bogged down them so for the last few weeks they've been spending a lot of time on their offense and this carry I feel secondly maids [Applause] [Music] before it's taken out of because Sam Madison hit him when he was out of bounds and I will hold them ever so closer to the goal line personal foul first penalty of the game this is a pretty good play here they they catched the Giants watch they pack them inside here because they catch him on a blitz and then all Jackson gonna do is make one guy miss right there and then he had a freer soft corner [Applause] then Sam Madison he looked like he was trying to pull up I think that's hitting them it's after the whistle what's out-of-bounds it's all those things but he intent didn't we what fish anyone but he was away first enveloping the ten repression is just a [Applause] Robbins in the class : ooh go for it on the Lincoln Financial Field turf he had that injury earlier that you know that chest contusion in fact his finally starting to feel better but it can't take too many of these shots human nuclear right then just going around Trey Thomas and hewed using the speed rush and defending the Giants do is with Q Luke and tuck nose BB pressure from the outside but a warning with that if you pressure up the middle remember [Applause] - astronomy [Applause] [Music] and this is the area that sent the Eagles have been working on his Jason a bunt he's the easy inside receiver and he runs what you qualen option rep he starts up he goes to the outside and then he cuts back underneath he beats Terrell Thomas the rookie at a USC who looked like a rookie on that better now he went for the baby looky that the Giants have turned the ball over twice tonight he is a capitalized in both instances and the giant lead is now three 1714 after the Jacobs fumble 232 to 67 the Eagles are in the game because of the to turn over the Giants had not lost a single fumble all season until last week when Manning lost to Jacobs loses one good night at the earlier set interception 14 points off those turnovers unless the game is closed at 17 [Applause] [Music] relax or they were both back there to the 32 yard line lakes to hundreds and the Giants got started with this ignominious beginning Madison with the interception he set him up with a person goal and loses the bubble here Madison its Jackson as he's going out of bounds to the personal foul the next thing you know Avant is in the end zone in the game is 1714 Brandon Jacobs has to learn and you shouldn't jump it if he jumps over makes a great one we say what a great athlete like when you're that size and [Applause] to quake Parker put the pressure on Eli that time and nearly had the sack and as the Vice president-elect to abide news against Jeffrey Lurie the Eagles owner and of course the Delaware the adjoining state and jebra were telling me that the senator has been to a number of Eagles games through the years [Applause] second down and ten we're totally stopping the play momentarily because one of the the Giants that was slow and getting off the field you know it Eli did on that last play is what Tom Coughlin was talking about last night he said if he gets pressure to make the scoot the truth I want him to throw the ball away legally or his way through traffic takes it up to the 38 yard line tackled by all Margate they're gay they're one of three linebackers it's a new group here with Gaither and Bradley Bradley in his second year go kong in his third year Gaither also in his third year and they kind of were van thinking and we always thought about Jeremiah try it Trotter who was here and went came back and now you got three new geysers in Johnson and I like Stuart Bradley the middle linebacker I think that he is has really helped this defense in general but the middle of tea sparkles here [Applause] Manny get protection West the pass is incomplete seiyya the first time anywhere that Steve Smith who would have attacked them by Michelle Johansson and its fourth down so the crowd is alive again poplin still muttering over those turnovers in the back of his mind anyway three minutes to play in the half and it comes the punting group and the fans are experiencing a change of momentum here and that's what that's what this is all about they can just young they were down you know they're not going to state that all night if something's going to happen and it's starting to turn their way [Applause] if Miss needles hirako shine you know what it's like the muttering your mind right most coaches have muttered minds most wet breakers have muttered lines they do Andy Reid remember he had he had spagnolo on his staff and the irony of this is you know you wonder who would be coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers what's the lineage here when brand Childress left the Eagle staff to be the head coach of Minnesota he wanted to bring Spagnola with him as the defensive coordinator and he said no you go find your own guys he then told Spagnola the next time to get a job Walker as a DC defensive coordinator identity it in the meantime changed his life Pilon goes to Pittsburgh and Spagnola wallings goes to the Phillies the Eagles chief rival [Applause] and the reason that was a stupid thing I said wasn't it as it turned out first intended days dangerous pass to Jackson behind the lines and he's worse data balanced by the would eat Terrell Thomas who was beaten on that touchdown play before those passes are getting more and more dangerous in this league because I think that that short stuff that screen stuff that behind the line of scrimmage passing I think works after you've thrown thee after you get the defense off but see how tight the giant defense is to see them they're right up there on the receivers and if the defense is up there that tight there is no way that that play has a chance homey [Applause] [Music] leading the way with a block and that's going to take us well it's going to stop the clock with 2:16 because the Eagles where the Giants are going to take a timeout here the Giants will take a defensive timeout on this side of the two-minute warning because it's third down in 12 and let's go back to Andrea we are taking that spagnolo hiring here New York one step further Tom Coughlin is telling me that the timing of his hiring in New York and the being crucial because once Brad Childress lost my tomlin to Pittsburgh as their head coach Coughlin felt the Childress would try to come back and hire spagnolo a second time so even though he knew of but didn't really know spagnolo he felt he had to move swiftly and bring to the Giants and just an addendum on that Andrea's we all know the Washington Redskins waited until after the Super Bowl because they wanted to interview speck Nolan for the head coaching job he went down there he met with Dan Snyder now you know there's a little bit of revisionist history going on here everybody knows anything about it feels that expect a little could've had the job and declined it in terms of one wound up with a job yeah that would be my story what I heard these back normal was offered to John rats they'll be offering another driver [Applause] we'll think again [Applause] or Jackson Madison who was the recipient of that personal foul penalty which set the eagles up for their second touchdown comes up with an interception here Sam Madison you see Sam Madison his play in a corner here and again it's at covered to type corner where he's going to play underneath he's playing underneath because he has a safety in behind them so again he can undercut it he can play it if it's short and that's exactly what it was McNab tried to get it over Sam Madison in front of the safety Sam Madison made a heck of a play both here in the league a long time dolphin first picked this year and 48 of Madison's career the ball is at the 14 yard line Manning was spreading out here come the fashion swap read word coming over the middle Brian Dawkins on the safety blitz it'll be second down and ten with 203 to play on the hand UI manning did a good job reading that and getting rid of the ball he sees that he's going to get pressure he knows that there's a free rusher coming from that side so he has to get back quickly and get the ball out of his hands eli min and did his job second and ten at the 14 as have three wide receivers to give it to Lord it's back at the 8-yard line of the two-minute warning comes with 155 to play in the hand but will be third and four when we come back to Philadelphia with the Giants lead the Eagles by three [Music] first playing on the other side of the two-minute warning now 1:55 remaining in the half third down and four Derrick Ward is the running back in this set he is [Applause] three receivers concert remember [Applause] trying to get it to Kevin gosh the conference was good Quentin Michael in on the coverage and the Giants will bring in the field goal group yeah that was the same thing you put three on one side and then you get man-to-man over here Quentin Michael is the is the safety and he's playing the tight end on Kevin boss and you could see if he looked in and he looked at flex and go Burris it would have been a touchdown but I think he wanted his three over there you guys look over there [Applause] forty-four Pleiades 283rd and [Applause] bang this one through out of the hold of Jeff Eagles and they can't pin for three after the Sam Madison interception of McMahon and they get 20 to 14 Bob Costas and the game at 30 rock they'll take a look at week 10 highlights Adrian Peterson had a big day for the Minnesota Vikings as they knocked off the Green Bay Packers Colts with another comeback so all that was sudden Indianapolis for those two straight wins Orani roll that's a victory of course for Peyton Manning and now we'll see about Eli Manning tonight as McNabb loosens up Donovan just 4 out of 13 to this point for 27 yards it's an interesting thing he has there in his left hand that's going to the oven they call that a mint or a minute the Thanksgivings to take the turkey out of the oven those things you'd want to keep there your throwing arm when your throwing hand more of and he's doing that by throwing it there's other hand he hasn't a penis Kevin Gilbride they're looking at they the defense's said that the Engelberg imminent the backup quarterback David [Applause] ten states it at the 2-yard line it's fun blackguard at the 27-yard lines and the Eagles down by six have the ball and as you take a look at donovan mcnabb family Sam all the way to the left Wilma checking out their man off to a slow start tonight but his team thanks to a couple of turnovers only down by six points there when the Eagles played the the Bears in Chicago they came to cook dinner for the whole team and it was something very very special yes I said wegg experience [Applause] hey Tony Oh Pierce makes the tackle the Eagles have two timeouts left [Applause] second and one a lot of time too much time I've get that first down [Applause] who finds the open man who gets free in the middle of the field that will move the ball on the 44 yard line to take us under a minute and timeout taken out by Philadelphia their second and in second in short this is a pretty good down to do this you see LJ Smith just comes off the liner to zone defense no one bumps him on or near the line he is free all the way and he ran all the way down the field just looking back at Donovan McNabb [Music] now it's interesting where the Eagles defense have done a a pretty good job as his both teams have had two turnovers and when they when the Eagles had dictor two turnovers a fumble and interception the Giants just got field goals for six points and then conversely when the Giants had their two turnovers the Eagles got fourteen ones so six points and turnovers and that's why the Giants and egos are as close as they are because the yardage you look at overall you're on its 244 for the Johnson language [Applause] it's taken down by Pierce to spot the ball the 36 yard line McNabb coming up to the line of scrimmage is if he's gonna spike the ball the same sometime here that'll make third down and a short three with 41 seconds remaining in the half you know in a situation like that I'm just wondering you know aren't you better serve just coming up and running the play and instead of spiking it here with because then you put yourself in third down and if you if you don't get a first down [Applause] 32 yard line and that will create another timeout taken by Philadelphia and that will be their final one with 36 seconds to play before half-time look back at some of the highlights of the game that's the way it started or Paterson with the interception and out of the Wildcat formation Deshawn Jackson made it very quickly 7 to nothing pull it off if in the rest of the the first quarter dominated by the Giants Burroughs gets the touchdown here interception here by Sam Madison in the second half 4 turnovers ku by each team tonight Madison is in the game by the way because Cory Webster has a groin pull and has been on the bench so Madison getting a lot of action and they're telling us that Webster's return is questionable and Sammy Knight is awesomely near unless he have a torque your safety and a twelve-year cornerback on first in temple Philadelphia at the 33 yard line defensive back [Applause] that sandy night wrestling Kevin Curtis back endemic names trying to get up to the line of scrimmage he has to get up there and Spike it he's gonna try and call I'm gonna strike that then call before that boy yeah it took a lot of time fifteen [Applause] let's go fast to get out of bath and he does at the 11 yard line he knew exactly what he had to do to throw it over the middle but he's got to get to the sideline and he did and now do you take one more shot at the end zone before you bring in the field goal group it looks like that's what they'll do right that's why I would have spiked it earlier because then you wouldn't had this play then you would have had time to take a shot this is going to be very very tight you can do it McNab hasn't been sacked yet in this first half so they're doing a pretty good job protected over but he asked to get back there you rid of the ball quickly and get in or sideline definitely not take a sack short drop steps back close to the corner of the endzone the pass is incomplete with five seconds intended for Kevin Curtis and now Andy Reid will weave Akers and the rest of the special teams guys out onto the field aaron ross is man-to-man on curtis and he gets up there and he just covers him with his quickness you know he didn't Jam him at all but Ross has such quick feet than anything that Curtis would do Ross just did right with yard attack saffron [Applause] 37 points in a very interesting first and which the Giants about Dean Philadelphia by a margin of two to one I possessed them two to one and yet it's a three-point game at the half 22:17 New York but a halftime show Bob in the game coming up on the other side of the bridge this is one of those rivalries when you go out there as physical for 60 minutes non-stop have your head on the swivel because it's gonna be physical it's just gonna come down to who's gonna beat their body up who's gonna pound on the other guy more to take that game away from you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] back we come to Lincoln Financial Field here in Philadelphia where the Giants and the Eagles are on a three-point game Giants on top by a field goal once again the East standings Redskins and Cowboys have their bye week Giants seven one coming in skins or six and three they'll meet the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football next week so the Eagles will either go to six and three and make this a wild scramble to this division where the Giants will go to 8:1 and have a clear shot and winning the NFC East and maybe getting a bye and here didn't you know that this is going to be such a quarter every player and coach should we talk to [Music] many of them to run the kickback up past 2:30 that's to the 40-yard snooze whistled dead then hat fumbled on a kickoff return in the first half so Plaxico Burress we haven't heard that much from him they were just in touch where the pirates as well let's take a look at talk first now you see them inside there on thought arrogance and then how did John Runyan has done a great job on him because tuck lines up let that left defensive end over Runyan most of the time Runyan in the first half has really been an eraser on top to talk erased in the first a minute outside of that one catch for the touchdown forest with the Giants offense in the first half we start with Westbrook caring for a gain of one he's tackled there by Ross and they have held Westbrook in check tonight that 7 carries for 17 yards were Brian when you talk to the giant defenders and Steve spagnolo their defense coordinator he said what do you have to do you know what's the order what are your goals the first thing is always Westbrook the first thing we have to do is contain Brian Westbrook we have to know where he is and tell you Pierson we have to hit him when he has the ball and we have to hit him when he doesn't have the ball now they score Westbrook out today [Applause] the pass is caught DeSean Jackson tackled by Michael Johnson and a first half the Giants side of the 50 that's a gain of 17 now they can do so many things with DeSean Jackson we see him here he is he's the inside receiver for the slot and he's just gonna run a deep cross and he starts up the field was up about 10 or 12 yards and sparks I thought and very very good doctor [Applause] giant 44-yard line [Applause] in the traffic clock by Smith gate of nain and Tonio Pierce frustrated that Smith was able to come down with a ball despite the good coverage second down and one that was the Hall of Fame throw I mean that one there was there was a very very small window to get that ball into and McNabb was so big and so strong and he has such a quick relation watch when that thing Glennon he really can't step into it when he put everything he had on that to get the ball to Smith once I even kind of double Kunka match-play Smith is there lady on her now of course runs him down out of bounds at the 14 yard line game 20 there's the thing that Steve Spagnola was talking about stopping he said we can't let him get to the outside the strong side we have to set the edge and they didn't get the edge set and you see what happened is watch watch truck gets blocked right there the linebacker doesn't get to the outside and Buck Oliver can just outrun them all [Applause] you got around Webster [Applause] and again again didn't get the the edge set there and Westbrook was able to get outside them they want it he'll set that edge get up the field make everything go back to the inside and any time you get to the outside bounce the outside get around the end your defense has not set their attic [Applause] [Music] the kid was back Thanks [Applause] [Music] the end zone for a touchdown by Hank Baskett on his first reception of the night he beats better in the loss and fill it up via has delayed this is something I watched some practice the other day and they practice this all afternoon just about the 10 yard line just going back just throwing the ball up in the end zone and having two receivers go for it in a jump ball that time was Hank Baskett that they did it to three or four different receivers from that location on the field and practice the six work basket over the six feet even rule for the extra point for the first time since early in the game the Eagles are on time with 1124 to play in the third quarter in Philadelphia the eagle is 24 and the Giants 20 you know John I don't think I've ever had a cannoli with it but I think tonight may be the night after looking at this yeah those those aren't good I have some of us haven't tried it yet but I'm sure they are good you hanging on to that yeah [Music] juggle pick back up Rachel and amana takes it out to the 31-yard line Manning will go to back back to work and the Giants are down by four [Music] I had defenders on the bench there spagnolo the one over things with talking the rest of the guys after Philadelphia moves quickly and effectively on their first drive of the third quarter to take the Giants the Jacobs the running back pit stop the full-back wears down from the 31 yard line [Applause] six and we go to Andrea well guys he was open and driving with the quarter to take the lead played right into Tom Coughlin's biggest concern at halftime the lack of a pass rush undone and they make an ad he has yet to be sacked Coughlin said that the McNabb is getting the ball out so quickly and they have to work harder and getting their players up the film but for him he said the biggest story of this game the two turnovers he said we can't be over aggressive and as we said before Tom Coughlin about the turnovers last week the state geumsan they'll pick up the first time and through the years when you look at tom competition now coach 200 NFL games his teams have averaged just one point five three turnovers per game that is amazingly low and there it is in fact it's time for the lowest rate with Tony Dungy an NFL history among coaches who coached that much something that you do believe in you do preaching and you coach the heck out of it and you don't accept them like you say we make that went over Dallas but it's still not okay to have turnovers you never allow Jakob's Banksy's way across the 50-yard line into Philly territory and very close to a first down now you just have the idea that what Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward in this offensive line that they could just run every fly and just go right down the field I don't think that the Eagles you know have the answer they don't have the answer to how to stop the run before they gain five or six yards that is a first I have taken southward and shotgun [Applause] as in complete coverage is good Steve Smith with the coverage Asante Samuel for the pressure on the corner blitz we're talking about two giant offensive linemen this is some of their place in the first half it's now they seal that run that Chris Smith gets out there it makes it look look at that pass protection against the Whitsitt picked everything up on that on that side and what is the time here the pocket the time that Eli has to step up to what and throw that deep into a monitor doing a good job but the ego offensive line is also second in 10 [Applause] about six behind a Madison H cock-block John the the Giants averaging six yards of rush that's great and the Eagles are averaging 5.7 right there so neither either defense as the answer you know to how to stop the run and and they're both having the same problem but you saw the Giants run there and get outside you always want to go set that edge or making containment have an outside guy coming up to make it turn in or cut that and neither of these defenses third and four from the 42 yard line - that's the snap [Applause] to go to on third down and all the Patriots have to think back to is that Super Bowl when Smith was on the receiving end of four very big third down conversions and he's the guy that Eli's going to look to they put him in the slot and again when you have this type of situation you want to go to Smith because he always works to get open but he has good quickness to get over 822 remaining in the third and that Samuel who was down for the injury timeout Bruce Springsteen is in street band will headline halftime in Super Bowl 43 of Tampa next week we'll have the world premiere of Springsteen's new song working on a dream set to NFL highlights of half title wall is at the 30-yard line Samuel [Applause] 27 yard line as we took them under eight minutes and Samuel comes back into the game after missing just at one play the other thing was Brandon Jacobs he's he's so big that even when he gets stopped at the line of scrimmage he falls for three or four yards Justin and going down you 264 pounds coming at you 13 two yards for him tonight second down and seven the clock the two and one that's the snap ward very close to the line of scrimmage on where a gator is right there and it will be third down and five for New York good convergence good speed on that on that eagle defense I mean they tried to try to get him to think pass they tried to get him to drop off and they just ran a draw in there but but watch out when Ward starts inside watch out all those green jerseys Riley to the back area when that is a great definition of during [Applause] the game [Applause] to take a timeout here before a key play six and a half to go on a third Philly by four [Music] Jim Jonsin on the left is thinking right now in this position on the field once they get in field goal range I always blitz but now with flexible Burris in there and Eli Manning as calm as he is in the throwing game should I cover or I'd whip and and I look right now with this defense and it's a three-man line so it's going to be a blitz would be out of the three-man line doesn't work for us to the right they pop Okuma Durst is that comes in so Boris is going to get doubled with a corner and a linebacker coming over to help and Burris goes down after contact contact defense number 22 first out Asante Samuel and that's the first penalty against Philadelphia in the game and seeing the Giants expected that they were going to get a blitz so they were they thought they had man-to-man coverage and they were going to go a double move the Texaco burrows and bar has sold that pretty well that needed just keeps finish already [Applause] green shirts around Dominick Nixon will be second down back to the field in two Andrea yeah the Eagles are playing right now without defensive tackle Broderick Bunkley was in the love from getting an IV for cramping it doesn't seem too humid in here guys it's pretty cool but he is expected to return Trevor laws who's their top pick he was picking the second round out of Notre Dame number 93 is in their form it's a cool night game time temperature that the kickoff is 48 degrees second down and 10 Cesar blitz changes it protects Burroughs is started to mention early in the third quarter barbarous tonight one catch 17 yards for a touchdown that's it well and that's a guy you know we're talking about taking away Westbrook on the Eagle side me and the guy that they're going to take away here is flexible birds I mean they are going to have [Music] just waiting for that slant they were gonna fake they're down and you know historically Jim Jonsin third down 20 yard line he has always all his life with seems much tonight [Applause] because uija believe was across the line of scrimmage I'm sure that he was across the line of scrimmage he's checking out the stick on the side but the flag came out immediately so Manning looked like he was going to take off Kennedy art of course also though and that's the key right there law slow down let make it fourth down yeah we can look at it here the the red line is a line of scrimmage now you can see Eli look look at 20th time now he crosses a red line and throws the ball and that official was down on this side right on the line right on the line of scrimmage who made the call Manning in his fifth year in the league that is the first time in his career he's been penalized for crossing the line of scrimmage and throwing the ball downfield John Carney will now come in to attempt a field goal but Coughlin is now going to challenge that this is a challengeable play he brings McCauley over and they will take a look at it so McCauley New York is challenged that the quarterback was not beyond the line where he threw the football [Applause] Tom Coughlin's must have looked at a different replay than we did yet under the hood he goes [Music] Tom Coughlin's knows the rulebook as well as anybody knows it inside out his career record is very successful the challenge is relatively speaking here is the rule now there's the line of scrimmage the red line designated designating it every part of your body every part must be across the line of scrimmage when you release the ball so even as you look at this play right here when does the ball come out if his right foot is still it's a first and go you see that's that is the rule on the play every part of the body every part including the right heel must be across that red line so the right foot is right there here comes the ball and so the right foot as Macaulay said was not across the line of scrimmage a great challenge by Coughlin who ever saw this upstairs phenomenal ever call this down I still don't know if it's right though because it's when the ball is released I mean we stopped it there with the left foot when he still had the ball in his hand then once the ball came out I mean even when I was watching to play live I thought he was over the line nope every part of his body but the right heel was a I think when the ball was released I think every part of his body might have been but he win taxes that [Applause] he thought he had a touchdown and he dropped it so bosses down here thinking he held on but he did not it will be second down and goal this is one of tsipras that he's do it I was slapped your hands I mean here he is wide open there and he had the ball in his hands and he had it between his legs then he's as he goes down he loses it looks he has control of it there with his hands and then his knees and then the ball comes out good call he was trying to sell it as possession Takens his behind they're gonna give it to him and she's gonna for a touchdown [Applause] and the Giants will take the lead and of course the big play is the challenge Tom Coughlin's the most successful in winning challenges of any coach in history in the history of course of the challenge system may you get a guard pull a fullback lead and then Brandon Jacobs didn't follow either one of them I mean the guard pulls out to the right the full-back leads out to the right and he just cuts right off where the pulling guard left 264 pounds you could do those kinds of things you say oh that was a great challenge Linda's Barney for the extra point I mean by bayi well an inch and as you say John you know it's it's I didn't think it was you know completely conclusive but what Macaulay said was enough for him to think and here it is again I mean the whole key here it's the right heel it's all about the right heel was the right heel across the line of scrimmage yeah but the ball has to be released right well the balls coming out right now and there's his right heel and his right heel is not totally past the red line it has to be completely past it so the ball is gone then the right heel comes across the line and when I look at it again now you know it's splitting here's but I think McCauley got it right okay I'll go with you and McCauley and it sure looks like he was over the line with a naked eye there's no question about it but it was all about the right heel again there it's the 21 yard line it still looks like he was over the line but what a whoever called it in me for Coughlin to challenge that there's no way with a naked eye you can really see that but somebody upstairs one of his coaches must have said hey look you know there's some question about this Tom of course knows the rule inside that knows that every part of the body has to be across the line and water challenge you know and I don't think the Eagle defense recovered because the Giants had their field goal team out there Eagles had their field goal then they got the first time I don't think their defense adjusted or at that even on the boardwalk [Applause] at the 21-yard line tomorrow a new episode of shucks hero secrets are revealed you'll also see my own worst enemy that will be the Monday night right here on the National Broadcasting Company still frame coming up right now there's the ball out of his hand and as you can see the right foot even though it's in the air is not past the line of scrimmage and that's what McCauley saw and he got it right what's that right here yeah it's the right heel and even though it's up in the air it's not across the line in the balls [Music] flushed out he's and get you scored and out of bounds by the rookie kenny phillips but not until McNab rushes for 17 yards and a first down it must be a big game remember back to all those years with Donald McNab and any time was a big game and the Eagles needed a big play he would get it with his legs he hasn't done that as much lately but I was saying earlier today I'll bet he makes a play by [Applause] coming to the near side is Westbrook it's taken out of bounds by Matthias Kiwanuka he when Lucas set the edge that time and it was a blitz away from him and in fact they blitz from the left side and the Eagles ran away from it but Kiwanuka again right here he has a contained he has the edge you can't let him get outside they'll have to keep your outside arm free he will nuclear does a perfect job [Applause] it's Fred rotten here at Wake Forest with the bat would you like to be Fred Robbins I'm having two broken hands gentle yeah he has a cast on each hand and that's why his play and playing more with his arms and elbows you see he has a a break right there where the arrow goes right below his thumb and then right below his index finger on his left hand one of my favorite things is when he asked guys with two injuries you know which one hurt he can only think about one of the time no her unlicensed I'm dead [Applause] - Jason Avant working out of the slot so it's a fourth down and the Eagles will punt yeah that third down was a big defense we talked about how the Giants were going to key on Westbrook and hit him when he didn't have the ball or did have the ball he got the ball and there were three guys on him right when he caught the ball one of them being Fred Robbins the defensive back Dominic Eximbank ever seen the footage shed [Applause] the 18 yard line - Dominic Dixon so exit running over and having called for the fair catch and Lewis apparently never saw it and the penalty will be on him fair catch interference kicking team 483 15-yard penalty first down Lewis has to know better than that because even if he didn't call a fair catch you have to let the guy catch the ball and you can't run into him before the ball gets in so whether there was a fair catch or not doesn't make any difference you can't interfere with the with a return man's right to catch the ball 15-yard penalty and puts the Giants at the 33 yard line [Applause] against them [Music] it's Hydra headed rushing attack the one guy we haven't seen yet is Ahmad Bradshaw but he's the guy who very often comes into the fourth quarter and does a lot of damage you've got Earth Jacob's wind ward and there's fire Bradshaw right there that's what Tom Coughlin's told us last time we said will we see fried fried shanties about not going to see him till the second half anyway plays the first half were taped it to the Lord and then when the defense gets worn down a little and a step higher [Applause] it's cock-block as we tipped down to 3:45 remaining in the third I'm really impressed with the pursuit and gang tackling of this of this Eagle defense I mean they they know that the Giants are very good offensive line a very good running team but whether they get everyone to the ball [Applause] [Music] Jakob's is the back and sets up in the gun and Jenkins is going to get taken down we've got him around the neck but there is a flag down I'm sorry Bradley and I think I bet he got a piece of face man first in the battle grasping the facemask defense number 55 and looked like a heck of a play by Stuart Bradley looked like a perfect clothesline until he got the mask I mean he comes through here he is right here the middle linebacker he comes through gets penetration gets his hand up there and I guess I guess right there you're gonna see it yeah well yeah yeah he got it he did he did remember the five-yard variety is gone it's you have no garden-variety calls anymore 15-yard penalty moves the bold out of the 43 of Philadelphia first down there's an old defensive coach I think that's a heck of a club [Music] Sandling it over the head of Plaxico Burress second down and 10 he was trying to go out here to the right talking to Eli last night he thought somewhere they could do this because he felt the Eagle corners of real guessers and somewhere you can get him with a pump fake and a double move by the wide receiver he tried it out here in the radio he didn't get there's a lie about a season so far less and he said I'm pleased come from winning games sometimes we store he said you know but we play better when it's a tight game second to ten more of the Davidge [Applause] for Brandon Jacobs tonight over a hundred yards that puts him at 103 on 16 carries and one thing you know that he's gonna be awfully sore tomorrow and when you play against this defense you watch David deal in Darren Howard he gets him to the outside he stays with him stays with it stays with him then finally makes that extra push at the end to create the haul for Brandon Jacobs now here is Bradshaw coming into the game number 44 shotgun under two minutes Hurley knew by bolstering his Lenovo nehemiah imitation kernels right over Quentin Michael and hurdles for a first down right if the big guy does that and he jumps over the guy than him he's a great athlete and it's a great move and it's a great hurdle if a if a big guy jumps over a little guy and fumbles then you say what the heck are you doing jumping but that that was a great high jump wasn't it terrific that's that's getting up there in the air and there was no contact at all London in 2012 [Applause] so we've seen earth we've seen Wyndemere ghost fire finally tackled by Stuart Bradley they bring him down at the 12 yard line and that's close to a first down but see why they bring them in down the defense is worn down a little it's a longer Drive and you see that you know they're just a half a step slow and that's a time for a mod Bradshaw let snitch cop get that block right there he is turned into a great block he's turned in I think right now the best blocking fullback in the NFL [Applause] next to last game of last season at Buffalo when the Giants had the win they were coming off a miserable Sunday night performance against Washington on the verge of not being able even to get into the playoffs had to beat Buffalo did he played a big role and then of course that set him up for the Lombardi Trophy and that will take us to the end of the third quarter a typical Giants Eagles game close and tight and very physical into three the Giants 27 the Eagles 24 and Sunday Night Football from Philadelphia continues after these messages from your NBC station ten minutes of non-stop news and your hour-by-hour weather after the game that beautiful shine of downtown Philadelphia tonight's aerial coverage is being brought to you by Duracell as we start the fourth quarter in Philadelphia now Michaels John Madden Andrea Kramer three-point game Giants on top and they have a first and goal seven yard line Bradshaw is the one he gets the door takes it to the five second down and goal this is where you again you keep going back to that offensive line and me their running backs you can slow the game down you can know where the defense down you can just let your offensive line tee off [Applause] [Music] [Applause] in the red zone five times that into the [Applause] here comes the Blitz and it's Christmastime intended for a virus pressure was put on that time by Bradley coming up through the middle for us looking for a flag won't get one third and goal I'll tell ya I like Stuart Bradley like I said before you see him come right up to the middle he he looked like boss he jumped over it just he just took that guy there he was going to block something I mean that looks like like more of a play on an extra point or a field vote rather than aggression the quarterback [Music] good boy [Applause] insulin handbag take him down in the Victor a bmary who rotates in and out a defensive end and he rented perfectly and holds the Giants to a field goal attempt well this is a Jim Johnson situation here you know you're gonna get the Blitz and here it comes them and they just pack every gap I love Mary comes right up the middle unblocked that play a draw had no cheese look at Eli he's telling you that Mary had been inactive with a hand injury until last week so he comes back makes a big big play party now for a 28-yard field that's right down Broadway or Broad Street take your pick 13:28 remaining in the fourth quarter that are your Giants leader the Philadelphia Eagles 32:24 on Sunday Night Football [Music] well John you can grant that request correct no look at the plan what are you kidding homework sir duck so like what are we replacing it with foie gras no raw turkey vanilla little turkey right this plain old a couple of weeks two Thanksgivings football games and it figure to be McNab will have this effective come back see that's why I think UI Manning was so upset that they didn't get the scoring [Music] Oh score a touchdown they go up by one those into the 26-yard line of course the big play was the challenge let's go back for a second because we're gonna go look at the red line which we have drawn through this again there it is it the red line is exactly where it should be in this shot here because the the front of the ball the front tip of the ball should touch the line so when you go back and play this one more time a better look here the head linesman is the official he stands along the far sideline and clearly at that point you can see manning is behind the line the ball comes out his his whole right foot as we readjust the line is now yeah I can see that before right but the key word being readjust of life life is all about [Applause] first antenna balls at the 26-yard line [Applause] chattering the wolf ravine of a temple is Brian a Westbrook who is who has really been held in check tonight clearly on the ground 10 carries for 25 yards two receptions for 25 yards and I think you printed the giant defense for that because I was their number one goal so what do you have to do we have to stop the running game we have to hit him when he has a ball we have to hit him he doesn't have the ball they've done great [Applause] [Music] from the 28 yard line [Applause] intended for Jackson getting back the westward for a second we're not making excuses to the guy he's Brian would never say it has anything to do with injuries but he has missed two games this year one of them the Sunday night game against Chicago get an ankle injury he also had torn rib cartilage so maybe he's not a hundred percent whatever they've held them and checking the Giants defense has done a great job and through the years of course Westbrook has killed the Giants well all you have to say is the phrase punt return but I'll tell you this if you have good ribbing in the last couple weeks [Music] [Applause] for whatsoever sometime the first step with a good coverage on Kevin Curtis it is fourth down Curtis didn't do anything to quarry Webster at all Cory Webster is up there tight on him has great man-to-man coverage he didn't drive them off I mean you have to get him turn make them think you're going deep before you can run that hook green coverage by Cory West takes in his back for the low snap 35 yards [Music] he goes in Domenic kitchen who's been a big play guy will he here however for the Naaman goes into the endzone show the official right there throwing the flag his Hickson looks back and he knows that this is most likely coming back it was thrown right in the area of the block that's probably we're saving team number 20 10-yard penalty first down timeout well downfield and Michael Johnson may have held the last guy who even had a chance at exactly Tuesday on NBC a Tonight Show exclusive Jay will welcome John McCain and his first interview since the election and on The Today Show Sarah Palin gives the visiting Matt Lauer an exclusive tour of her home and Alaska plus a chat with her husband and family it's all coming up on Tuesday here on NBC first and 10 this is Bradshaw but fortunately for the Giants it goes out of bounds and they will maintain possession punched out by Omar Gaither but to no avail they a big play here because the Eagles were just going to go to two defenses it would keep the Giants out of field goal range Bradshaw took that idea right out of their minds by this run that's a gain of 23 from the 14 out of the 17 yard line first half Jakob's is back in the game he'll be sure from the defense but there a lot of the defenders gonna be sore from Jacobs tomorrow that's what Antonio Pierce was talking about this kind of game he said the busiest thing the next day is a call tub because you know anytime we come and play the Eagles if you're the Eagles you play the giant it's going to be this kind of game a tough very very physical game the Giants have had the ball for 33 minutes so they've already put in a full night's work on that side of the ball and Philadelphia grass shows in the game he gets it is up to the task is Bradley and company stopping for no gain at the 14 yard line and then you know at some point you have to say we have to blitz them and that time the Eagles brought their strong safety that linebacker and strong safety blitz and you're doing anything just to throw them for a loss to get in me the longer yardage so that they have to throw the ball and then try and get a pass rush on there's the word maybe third and seven is warded the game they're three-man line are OTG said sister free man both side right side of the line jumping and that is going to be the call and so that the the Giants cannot decline the penalty if they so choose it will be third down McCauley just wants to make sure he said offside so it'll be fourth down and one or third down it was third and seven or third down and two so you would take the third and two right defense number 58 five-yard penalty third down Franco means good why go to fourth down if you don't have to because you're gonna get this way you'll give two plays you're gonna third down play and then great you still have the force before teeth won't make for it in field goals no brainer Jacobs is now the back of the set behind headstock his foot powers on for the left [Applause] the Giants are going to take a timeout we'll take a timeout that's their second so they're down to one with 1008 equity games [Music] standings in the NFC East the Giants at the halfway mark 7 and want to get Washington and Dallas off today by week for each we get him next week in Washington on Sunday night and the Eagles will either go to Section three we're a five and four third down and two now after the Giants timeout Jacobs is the running back and then he loses the ball in the endzone but they're going to say he was down and the play is over at the three yard line Jenkins who had bumble birth earlier is down by contact before the ball came loose and will be first down and goal this was the area that Tom Coughlin was worried about this goal line defense there you see Jacobs is down he has his arm down there's the arm elbows down right there he still had control of the ball so he loses the ball after he's down by contact in and to play and Andy's gonna Andy Reid's gonna challenge he has to go well he's looking up at the at the board I think he has to just a desperation but the runner fumble for either being down back on that daddy's desperation right yeah when you get it down and they're right down there in the goal line to do something but once I said elbow it's over they won't won the challenge [Music] after review the winners elbow was down prior to losing control of football Philadelphia is charged with their first team timeout so that was a wish challenge by Andy Reed yet it's important and hopefully you know if you're Andy Reid you win it but the downside to it is in a tight game you do cost yourself a timeout what you may need down the line and at least going to be down if they kick the field goal by line 9 so it's first down and goal after 30 like the best table for one he goes in his way into the enzone again coming loose but the touchdown signal is made Jacobs getting into the end zone certainly got a lot of stuff going on fascinated with the signal of the touchdown blowing his whistle considered so much whistle those are the on horseback again this is one of the things with a good strong tough runner you're going to fight to stay up fight to stay up and that defense is going to get a lot of shots at the ball well jaquail Parker is able to get the ball out the question is when he has possession now where is he where is the ball and again any part of the ball the Philadelphia Philadelphia has they've recovered it but the whole question now becomes and here comes Andy again and we may have a back-to-back challenge the whole question is where is the ball when he loses possession right so the call on the field again very important was touch them so we have to do is see conclusive evidence to overturn it it looks as if the ball is across the goal line and all it is is any part of the ball has to get across the front part of the goal line with possession and it's a touchdown yeah the key word there with possession I mean it has to be in Jacobson he has to have control of it so obviously the ball crossed the goal line but did Jacobs have possession of the ball went across the goal that's when it comes out and it appears at least from from that angle from the other angle that he is across when you say across to go on again it's the front part of the chalk and he part of the ball you have to question the whole goal line is every football fan knows right any any part of the ball break the plane to the goal line only only the bowl has to be across the line out of the the Eagles appeared to have come up with the bowl but who in the world is gonna be able to figure that out meantime Jacobs all of a sudden has an issue well you know that's one thing you again was running hard running straight up being so big and not going down the longer you stay up the more shots the defense gets that in that's what they're gonna do to him I mean they're going to as long as he fights for extra yardage those extra tacklers are going to be going for the ball if this is upheld the play it's the triple whammy for Philadelphia touchdown for New York Green would have lost his last challenge and would have lost another timeout [Music] you know the the first challenge I think was desperation and right away there was nothing there and there was really no reason to challenge I think this challenge is a good challenge Massa you the ruling on the field stands touchdown so in a game of challenges I mean it's it's really come down to that oh and Jacobs then comes out onto the field and I think he wanted the football as a souvenir and Macaulay said no no no we need it for the well yeah so some other ball they took across the goal line Jacobs doesn't want a cave wall for a touchdown in the meantime it's Billy I don't need the cable but you're gonna go for two so who knows what ball this is but the Giants are going to go for two to try to make it a 14-point game Derrick Ward is the running back in this set confronting the - yo [Applause] technical progress but Michael is there so they deny the two points to the Giants whose lead now is a dozen it is 36 - 24 is he gone for the to be the coverages Asante Samuel right here you see he plays off now he not only reached lexico burrows but he's also looking in and reading Eli he reads a quarterbacks drop and the pattern of the wide receiver [Music] so John it's time to talk a little bit about the New York Giants and just the overview here we talked about you know going back 18 months ago if they go to eight and one that's the best record in the conference the last year they did you know what Pittsburgh did in oh five you get in as a wild-card your road warriors you amaze everybody and then they could wind up in a completely different situation where they buy an ore ahead of ourselves here but the way they are playing right now I mean this is a team with no Super Bowl hangover right and it's a time where we don't give out awards yet but if we were to and you'd have to say who's the best team in the NFC right now or who's the best team in football right now I would say the New York Giants will Tennessee of course will argue that Carolina will say what about us courtesy of Caroline let's go save the Giants [Music] you know it's so funny of you think about Tom Coughlin's and because he is not warm and fuzzy and if you're a fan of there's teams you know you you want to get on them if you're not doing well of course in New York you know a lot of Giants fans obviously one of them fired now all of a sudden you look at a guy I mean this the coaching job he has done has been fantastic and not only that what the problem he had with Plaxico Burress just the way he handled that the team was on his side and it's one thing you know you find a guy worse than $500,000 and yet everybody is behind the coach you gotta you gotta come to work and you have to come to work on time that's our rules and you know and the players believe that too it's not like heat goes like he goes against lexico and then the whole team goes against him he well didn't happen the Eagle crowd just said what the hell is that play call you can hear their reaction to what is westward carries for one you know you don't need a one-yard run - scores 79 [Applause] let's go to take it out to the 37 yard line and we talked about you know Westbrook he said ankle he said ribs he's gonna have to come out of the game right here abdomen or groin right now so Brian goes to the sideline and Corolla 32 [Applause] your injection and they need that one the rookie out of the University of California on third down is able to make the catch scoring Webster with the coverage and the Eagles have the first end of the Giants 32 yard line you see the quickness that he has here that's how he gets by Cory Webster he's not the biggest guy but he has that great quickness he gives them a little move and hits to the outside and then and then used to speed he could have to feel [Applause] and one of the reasons that the Eagles have to really Ratchet it up right now is the fact that because of those two challenges they only have one timeout it's a two possession game so the clock becomes important even at this juncture and I would think at some point here I would just put it all on donovan mcnabb shoulders second down and nine action upfront because I'll say this the Eagle offensive line has done a good job of pass protect defense 193 find your penalty second down to the Alfred [Music] you know past past protection really hasn't been a problem I think that this offensive line as a defensive front of the other job pretty much under control so you can do that you say well you hate to play that'll be tougher pass protection but I think the pass protection for handling if I can certainly lose over one second and coyote was back with his in a case their pressure was on Antonio Pierce is there gonna be third down now they came out of safety blitz and me and they and the group didn't handle them you can't put that all in the offensive line but they didn't they didn't handle the pressure you know you talking about Jim Johnson once again it was area he's gonna Blitzer while Steve spagnolo and the giant sidelines gonna do the same thing [Applause] let's book back [Applause] Saxon makes the catch first down inside the tent and sets up a first down and goal DeSean Jackson running on the bounds by another rookie terrell thomas it'll be a first and goal at the 8 yard line yeah look how everyone goes to the right here they have Westbrook going out to the right and then they bring DeSean Jackson from the right underneath across the field the defense starts to go with Westbrook there so we have to go get him they bring the Sean Jackson underneath the other way [Applause] sit [Applause] everybody covered second and gold but there wasn't much pass for us here but on the other end there was great coverage because he had time and he's looking he's looking trying to get LJ Smith in there now look out here he didn't have anything on that side he was looking over at his right he had nothing over there great coverage by the giant defense Westbrook's books to delay [Applause] like this because two little white good game [Applause] because I think what he was trying to do is go empty and see if they would empty out with him and then he could run I really think this is a this is a situation to type a game that the donovan mcnabb will run and if you if you go empty and you spread that you don't keep someone there to spy how do you different seven second ago [Applause] we ran a post third and goal that DeSean Jackson out there bringing him back in I think they could do that same thing they've had a lot of success throwing crossing patterns to DeSean Jackson I think they're in a situation John where you have to think about going for it on fourth down here they take a field goal it's still a nine-point game that's two possessions and again you go back to that time a situation [Applause] taking it now he gets to the two yard line Sammy Knight is here to stop and you're almost compelled under the circumstances at the time Max and all the rest to go for it fourth down and goal that he is sending in brand new personnel group and this is a problem where you don't what you don't have that one [Music] [Applause] you have to put it on his shoulders first down and the play either has to be McNabb play-action bootleg run who in something good McNabb has to make the play extended that last [Applause] [Music] Kevin Curtis with his second catch of the night and Andy says we'll pick the extra point here's Kevin Curtis he he was running an option ere he started and if the corner came in or over when he was going to go back to the outside but they stayed outside some Kevin Curtis just kept coming he knew that that gamma had a couldn't imagine hands he had to make the play again or that touchdown the extra point by acres and the Eagles still breathing five and a half to go typically giant seagull what else is new [Music] we stay in the NFC East because we go to Washington next Sunday night where the Cowboys and the Redskins beat some love by weeks you try to turn things around here football night begins at 7:00 Eastern Time in the nation's capital we go for Sunday Night Football we want here 36:31 the Giants on top five and a half minutes [Music] so you did to the seven drive taking down and good tackle [Music] by Chris Clemens the Giants a big rushing day last week against Dallas averaging 160 2.6 tonight 203 yards up at over 200 again [Applause] leaving Giants in that second spot there [Music] [Applause] for the 30-yard line [Applause] that's kind of just brilliant on the outside talking about creating a niche taking gold Kong out of the play and then that's exactly what Hitchcock has been doing as you want the outside guy again to contain it to keep everyone inside the one Hedgecock knocks you on your back it's hard to have container you know when your name is Madison tanks back shouldn't be like should be Hedgecock I went from Nebraska when the every head Scott should become a solution [Applause] second and two sounds like it should be a night his word [Applause] third and one very P coming up here especially considering the clock and again the timeout situation under four and a half to play this is this has been a heck of a battle I mean this is this is like a fight looks like a championship final no one has flinched no one has stepped back no one has hell no one spent any time in the neutral corner this is the way football replay will [Applause] he goes and the door business Dawkins came from behind to tackle the fishings really we're singing you see that playground of dolphins made from that crack he really brought and the Giants maintain possession so the Giants recover may not have been a fumble anyway take a look and see if he's down he's down possession wouldn't been to fumble anyway I tell you they're both both these teams are our heart getting the New York going for the ball on every play and it wasn't a fumble but that was a big third down [Applause] Jorge action back feet [Applause] with the line of scrimmage intact that's an excuse I just got to say that's a bad penalty because I think the Eagles jumped in the neutral zone or jumped offside they did but I'm looking at the sticks right here and it's still very very close yes it's the first thing it's not going to be a first down though with it at least with a naked eye even if the Giants were offside here it's still going to be fourth down it'll be fourth down and inches right outside defense number 55 yard penalty fourth down that's tank Daniels they're gonna it was like it was fourth in about five and a third which means it's gonna be fourth down and inches now and and this is a stupid penalty I mean you know this is undisciplined this is you know something you just can't tolerate the guys wind up right over the ball all you have to do is watch the doggone direction New York has decided to decline the penalty first down Philadelphia well that's whoa that's nuts a great call when you think about it by the Giants because feels had a terrific kick he angled it he sent it to the 15-yard line I tell you what you got Tom Coughlin doesn't get outsmarted very often the more you think about this for a second what's the benefit to kicking again do you think that fee gel's can pin him any deeper in the 14 yard line no probably not no the only decision Tom Coughlin had there was if I have you know fourth and an inch do I dare go four right and that would kind of maybe start to ice the game that that was only his decision so I want to look at that fourth down and maybe an inch or half an inch and maybe go for it if not then we're going to take decline the penalty though can doing you look at seagulls that's a 51-yard kick no return all in the 14 the Eagles have to march all the way down the field [Music] born up at the 27-yard [Applause] destroyed the touchdown in the last series through the 31 and again McNabb now has to hustle him up to the line of scrimmage game 217 the Eagles have one timeout Busta - little warning [Music] and when you have that situation you can want Donovan wing aperture quarterback he knows that he had to put it out on his shoulders and he's doing that right now [Applause] flag is thrown for the moment you haven't Thomas but a flag in the secondary it's probably going to be a defensive holding Pennell [Applause] first out Antonio fears so that negates the interception here's for the whole ball goes to the 36 you'll see Pierce's right here and see a lot of times you get those crossers and as I start to cross you just grab them and it'll look like Antonio Antonio Pierce was just starting to grab LJ Smith it might have been on key when Lucas looked like he won oka was the one that was holding he he said 58 but there's your hold on LJ Smith well there's another poll pressure from the backside he got it into the hands of Brent Celek who had that big game last week in place of the injured LJ Smith and that'll make it second down Kiwanuka put the pressure on from the backside and Kiwanuka really put the pressure on there and that's the great thing about having a defensive end with speed like that when McNabb starts to roll out away from him the speed of Kiwanuka can catch up with science came into the game second in the league in sacks with 30 none tonight turn about the Jayhawks but this booth here is done excellent job offer second [Music] [Applause] about seven third and three coming up Aaron Ross in to make the stop ball at the 44 yard line Rock ticking down again we'll stop at the two-minute warning and they have one time and the crowd is saying what are you doing they're gonna wait and take the two minutes with their back trying to get maps tired he's tired as well it reminds me of a little bit of the Super Bowl I don't subscribe it's a third down playing big play he wanted the two-minute warning you know to get the right type well I became his breath bath that's what he's done but he's down to his last timeout and they need a touchdown good game third and three 36:31 Giants Philadelphia PA Sunday night November 9th two minutes to play one timeout for Philadelphia third and three coming up for the Eagles looking bangin a half down there throwing passes on the sideline to Harold Carmichael he stayed him warm during this time out catching them as the old wide receiver the Eagles years ago big Harold Carmichael so empties over there and whitey morning wick often through ordinator talking to the receivers and anything I McNabb was out out there on the side throw under Harold Carmichael another look at the standings again the Giants with a wind go to eat one and never a clear shot in the past the title and the division first round bye in all likelihood manning looking on from the sidelines Nerys the eagle has come up for a critical third and three [Applause] they pitch it to the outside on one foot and he's going to come up short of the first down but at least he gets to the sidelines and he's able to stop the clock Andy Reid coming over to take a look at exactly how much he has so here's your ball game right here I think again I would have done like a you know like the last series I keep it down on mcnabbs hand I know that there you want to fool them they're expecting that but the handle in there the rush all right I don't know you needed to run in that situation [Applause] poor thing one he goes last gasp period he [Applause] the backer coming in off the base to make the tackle and they won Westbrook on 30 short and a fourth and short that's the same thing they did in Chicago I mean here you have Donovan McNabb you have that situation you have to put the game in his move I mean they're not a running team they're not a short yardage you're not a goal line team they don't have this kind of fullback they don't have those kinds of runs these they have third and short and two plays and they go to running plays and and the thing that they are is McNabb throwing the ball the thing that they're not is a power running game so Blackburn is the old Janice Dickinson is hurt to change [Music] Brandon Jacobs taking it to the 41 yard line and here is their final timeout so those two unsuccessful challenges come back to burn them at the end they cannot stop the clock anymore and there it is Philadelphia third and fourth and one third or fourth and one this season rushing a little more than a one out of three are they successful passing three out of three go figure yeah and that's that's the thing that I think got them even more than taking the timeouts as these these two play calls I mean they don't have a fullback that can lead like Hedgecock and you know they will have that power running game of a Brandon Jacobson and that's just that's just not who they are and what they do and they reverted to it you know in a time when you know they need something else obviously so the Giants now with a second down they can't take the clock all the way out but very close to the end second down and six and everything so we've turned down right now and they'll take it all the time they can't off the play clock or the key playing in the game you go back to what was whistled as crossing the line of scrimmage here it is again you go back to this play which would have set up before that the Giants are trailing at this point but every part of the body including the heel must be across the line of scrimmage there was Eli on complan Tom was looking for the for the replay upstairs it was very hard to tell obviously with the naked eye there's no way you couldn't go maybe somebody's one of the coaches upstairs they have six guys in the box somebody could have called down or whatever but the challenge was successful popping the most successful rookie bones Deacon's has the first down this will write and finish to the game otherwise there will be a couple of seconds left before the Giants have to make a decision McAuley will look over and from the moment the clock is stopped at 48 seconds they'll bring the chains in and this will be not a first down I know Tom Coughlin's thinking right there you know I got a good offensive line a big running back how can we leave it that short I would think he goes for it yeah well its fourth and this is the one thing he can do as soon as they wind the clock that's gonna take it down even farther he's remember the clock was only stopped for the measurement so a calling will now signal for the clock to be restarted that will take us down he can ten seconds or so under that he can take it all the way down timeout play clock and hit stop New Orleans 40 seconds it was stopped at 34 for the measurement they started from 34 right now there's about a 15 second differential and of course the Giants can take all of the time off of it and call a timeout at the end and then decide what they're going to do that's what they're doing see he like goes over right next to the referee and he's watching the clock and he's gonna take a timeout when it gets right down to one second so for the Giants despite two turnovers and they were very costly you're only four penalties of the game a really beautifully coached game by the Giants tab I mean this was this was really good folks like Jacobs take a look at that Ward 3.1 Bradshaw of five rushes Earth Wind and Fire the challenge was the key play of the game read with it with in with two challenges so that spent two of the three time actually you had in the second half still don't understand the two the two runs on third and one and fourth and one but that's all mood right now horse trailer player of the game andrea has an interview day and Patrick and Chris will fast forward Bob gets the rest of the night off and on for that he chews the Giants will quarterback Smith go for it here and that will wait an official into the game and the New York Giants come in to Philadelphia beat the Eagles again in Pennsylvania go to eight and one and the Eagles right now who had a chance to make this a wild scramble in the NFC East but all of a sudden on the precipice again vying for a potential wild-card spot two guys with a tremendous amount of mutual respect for each other the hottest assistant coach in the link right there and Steve spagnolo

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Published: Thu Oct 11 2018