Seven fumbles; three lost. An interception in the end zone. A missed field goal. Two touchdowns called back on questionable holding calls. The overtime coin toss lost. By all accounts, the comedy of errors should have ended the Giants season countless times over. But a funny thing happened on the way to the playoffs….
The won in spite of themselves.
The Giants defense held the Eagles in check while their offense did everything but score, marching almost at will. But dramatically timed turnovers and miscues kept the scoreboard in the Eagles favor for most of the game. Philly was simply playing russian roulette with luck, and twice got shot: once with the Jeremy Shockey touchdown catch in the 4th quarter and once on the David Akers miss, only his forth of the season and second from inside 35 yards.
Someone or something was watching out for the Giants today, and intent on giving the Big Blue faithful multiple cardiac arrests before ultimately delivering them into the playoffs. Now the only questions left are where will they fly off to for next week’s playoff game, and will they be that hot team that manages to suprise, surpass and keep defying the odds by playing way above their means. One thing for certain; I’ll have the fingers on both hands crossed, along with my legs. Hey, it seemed to do pretty well today. ^_^
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Someone was definitly looking out for the Giants! How the hell the Eagles couldnt capitalize on some of those miscues is beyond me.
I disagree with one thing, there was only one questionable call that brought back a TD. The other one, the guy definitly grabbed his jersey and pulled him to the ground when he got beat. The viewers just couldnt see it from that angle, but if you slow it down, you can see his left hand on the inside, pulling Corey Simon right down.
The Giants played a gutsy preformance, I’ll give them that. They shall have fun with the Niners on Sat.
I cant wait till the Eagles get their revenge on them, at the Vet for the next round.
E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!