Giants lose to the Eagles 27-17.
Eli Manning was 20-of-33 for 147 yards with 2 TDs and 3 INTS.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 29 yards on 12 carries and caught 2 passes for -5 yards.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 10 yards on 5 carries and caught 1 pass for 22 yards.
Hakeem Nicks caught 6 passes for 65 yards.
Mario Manningham caught 3 passes for 24 yards.
Derek Hagan caught 3 passes for 10 yards and 1 TD.
Kevin Boss caught 2 passes for 22 yards.
Duke Calhoun caught 1 pass for 4 yards.
Bear Pascoe caught 1 pass for 3 yards.
Travis Beckum caught 1 pass for 2 yards and 1TD.
Eli Manning and Ahmad Bradshaw each fumbled the ball away once.
Justin Tuck had 3 sacks and forced 2 fumbles.
Terrell Thomas blocked a 42 yard field goal attempt.
Lawrence Tynes kicked a 24 yard field goal.

Game Notes:
"Given the state of health on the Giants, I was more hoping for the best tonight instead of expecting to see any kind of stellar performance. Even with that thought I was still disappointed because the Giants actually could have come away with a win if they hadn't done themselves in with turnovers. They were behind most of this game but near the end of the third quarter when Eli moved the ball about 70 yards and hit Travis Beckum with a touchdown pass and 16-10 score I grew more hopeful.
On the Eagles next series, Justin Tuck sacked Michael Vick and caused a fumble down in Eagle territory, Eli Manning quickly turned that into a touchdown in just two plays, a surprising pass to Brandon Jacobs that went for 22 yards, followed by Derek Hagan's 5-yard touchdown catch. Now with the Giants having a 17-16 lead and about 11 minutes left to go I thought they could escape Philly with a win
Suddenly however, Lawrence Tynes turned into Matt Dodge as his ensuing kickoff went out of bounds giving the Eagles field position at their own 40 yard line, but the Giants defense held them. It would have been nice if the offense was able to build on their one point lead, but they went nowhere. Next series the Eagles not only made a 4th & 1 at the 50 yard line, LeSean McCoy ran it all the way in for a touchdown. Add the two pointer they went for and made and the Eagles were up by seven with about four and a half minutes left to play.
The next highlight happened when Eli Manning was intercepted by Asante Samuel who then fumbled the ball back to the Giants. Thank you Rich Seubert for the recovery. That soon led to Eli Manning scrambling on a 4th & 6 for about 16 yards, and fumbling the ball back when he chose not to slide while giving himself up. The Eagles chewed up the clock until David Akers hit on a 30 yard field goal and basically a 27-17 game over score. The remaining twenty seconds left allowed Eli Manning just enough time to throw a meaningless interception.

Game Notes:
"Unless you're Michael Vick, it's never a good sign when your quarterback is vying for the team lead in rushing. Eli Manning had 22 yards on his two carries and maybe it's too bad he didn't scramble more as Ahmad Bradshaw was worse than neutralized. He gained only 29 yards on his 12 carries. Considering that one of them went for 17 yards, it means the others averaged not much more than 1 yard an attempt. The 'worse' part I mentioned was either Bradshaw's fumble or his two catches that resulted in minus five yards. You take your pick. Brandon Jacobs wasn't much better, averaging 2 yards a carry on his 5 tries but at least he didn't fumble the ball, something Manning and Bradshaw both did.
With Manning looking for any available healthy target, he hit Hakeem Nicks, Mario Manningham, Derek Hagan, Kevin Boss, Duke Calhoun, Bear Pascoe, Travis Beckum, Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs. Jacobs came away with the longest catch of the day when he took his one catch from Manning for 22 yards. Eighteen of Manning's 33 passes were evenly split, going to either Hagan or Nicks. They caught half of them and the Eagles muscled their way in for three. They turned the ball over a total of five times.
With a banged up line I was hoping that Bradshaw could possibly still be a weapon with his ability to turn nothing into something for a few big plays. That didn't happen and Jacobs wasn't the answer either. Manning wasn't able to throw deep to his receivers and the Eagles played competently against the Giants watered down offense.
The defense got away with a few mistakes when DeSean Jackson and Jason Avant dropped easy catches, and they got burned bigtime on the 50-yard run by LeSean McCoy on a fourth-and-1. They otherwise didn't allow Michael Vick to have a monster game like he did the week before in Washington. Justin Tuck with his sacks and forced fumbles really stood out. This was an 'expensive' game to lose because the Giants dropped to second place to a division rival. Getting to the playoffs if at all possible with home field advantage became much more difficult and thoughts of another second-half collapse are starting to creep in."

Notes:
Giants committed five more turnovers - 3 Eli Manning interceptions, an Ahmad Bradshaw fumble and a running fumble by Eli Manning

Giants Eli Manning, with 16 interceptions, is the 2nd-highest in the league after Brett Favre (17).

Giants Eli Manning's completion percentage of 65.62 has him the fourth highest in the NFL.

Giants Eli Manning, with 21 touchdown passes this season, is third highest in the NFL.

Eagles Michael Vick is now 5-0 in games he's started and finished this season.

Eagles have outscored their last five opponents 62-0 in the first quarter.

Eagles have won the last five meetings with the Giants, including a playoff victory in 2009.

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