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Giants exact revenge, upset Eagles, 13-7, in Week 12

Tyler Henry
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The New York Giants defense showed up against their arch rivals in a divisional matchup on Sunday. However, in the second half, the Big Blue defense seemed worn out and the Philadelphia Eagles were able to slowly take control of the tempo of the game game, mostly on the ground.

The Giants’ offense was not able to get much done all game long despite getting four takeaways from the Big Blue defense.

Although Graham Gano missed a field goal in the first half, leaving three points on the board, the team was able to recover. The Giants intercepted the ball on the last play of the first half stopping the Eagles drive short, who were well within field goal range at the time.

At the end of the day, the Giants won an ugly one due to their bend but don’t break defense. New York let up just 129 yards through the air and really didn’t allow Eagles to do much.

Final score: Eagles 7, Giants 13

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Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Final

Eagles

0

0

0

7

7

Giants

3

0

7

3

13

Keys to the game

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  • Three interceptions (Darnay Holmes, Tae Crowder, Xavier McKinney). Four turnovers total.

  • Graham Gano: 2-for-3 on field goal attempts.

  • 0 points off turnovers.

  • 3-for-11 on 3rd down.

  • Eagles 0-for-2 on fourth down.

It was over when...

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With a 1:34 left in the game, the Eagles handed the ball off to the “Giant assassin” Boston Scott, who fumbled the ball into the hands of Julian Love, giving the Giants the ball back just having to pick up the first down to ice the game.

The Giants forced the Eagles timeouts to burn all of their timeouts on the ensuing drive and punted the ball away with 1:19 left on the clock. The Eagles had a few chunk plays early in the final drive but were stalled at the 28-yard line turning the ball over on downs, essentially ending the game.

Players of the game

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  • Daniel Jones (232 total yards, 1 TD)

  • Evan Engram (3 receptions, 37 yards)

  • Chris Myarick (2 receptions, 11 yards, 1 TD)

  • S Xavier McKinney (8 tackles, 2 PD, 1 INT)

Injuries

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Adoree’ Jackson left the game in the second quarter with a quad injury and did not return. Jackson tried to test the injury on the sideline but was unable to return and was deemed out coming out of the second half.

Darnay Homes left the game in the second quarter with a chest injury and did not return. The injuries in the secondary continue to pile up for Big Blue which left them short handed for the remainder of the game.

Linebacker Trent Harris also suffered an injury on Sunday.

What's next?

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Giants head coach Joe Judge will hold a conference call with the team’s beat writers on Monday afternoon before a few players are also made available.

The Giants will return to practice on Wednesday ahead of a Week 13 game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, December 5 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Kickoff is 1:00 pm. ET.

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