Giants hold on, Manning has 4 TD passes in 28-23 win

“Philadelphia has had our number in recent years”, Manning said. Will he right the ship for the Philadelphia Eagles? On a third-and-4 play from New York’s own 29-yard line after the two minute warning, Eli Manning threw a costly interception. The Eagles did have 443 yards of offense and rookie quarterback Carson Wentz threw for 364 yards. But unlike with his predecessors, the NY defense was strong enough to give Wentz a baptism by fire at MetLife Stadium.

“Staying aggressive, I think that’s something that that I’ve kind of prided myself on a little bit”, said Pederson in his post-game press conference in Dallas.

It is up to Pederson, though, to figure out how to make it all work again. We want to be able to close out games and score points and get double-digit leads. “We have a tough game coming off a tough game”.

Bryce Treggs will take some of Huff’s snaps on offense with the tight ends and Darren Sproles also picking up some of those.

But Wentz’s slump has coincided with a 1-4 stretch by the Eagles, and both parties were left dazed and searching for answers after they allowed the Giants to break a four-game losing streak in the series.

Rodgers finished 26 of 43 for 297 yards with three scores and an interception. We’re going to go back, watch the film, assess it and then figure out ways to actually get better down there. There is a fine line, obviously, being kind of insane, borderline crazy, and doing the right thing, but at the same time, I felt at the time it was the right thing to do.

The Eagles had cut the Giants lead to 14-10 in the second quarter and appeared to have regained the momentum when safety Rodney McLeod grabbed an interception.

Yet the Eagles still had a chance to win after Jordan Hicks’ interception off Connor Barwin’s tip gave them one more chance from the NY 34 with 1:48 left. I go back to the Minnesota game, the two picks there. “We do know that it is a four quarter-plus ballgame”. We temporarily took away his Big Balls Doug Award for those actions.

Not bad for the first rookie quarterback to start for Philadelphia against the Giants since Randall Cunningham in 1985.

Look at the play sheet, and it’s filled with short passes or runs up the middle on early downs.

Wentz was intercepted twice on his first three passes in the first quarter, and the Giants converted both into touchdowns.

“I hate tipped balls”, Manning said.

“But it’s a long game and I thought we could bounce back”.

Derek Carr threw for 184 yards and did not turn the ball over, Khalil Mack had two sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery and the Raiders outrushed Denver 218-33. The intended receiver was Jordan Matthews.

“I think we’re rolling right now”, linebacker Jonathan Casillas said. “A lot of these guys have played a lot of ball, and we have a couple of young guys who are just now starting to play some ball”.

Unfortunately, what else came with a Reid protégé was some of the same old Reid mistakes: Being too conservative most of the time, and with it, not knowing how or when to be aggressive.

Yes, he is a made Manning for life thanks to those two Lombardi Trophies. An overwhelming majority of these games come down to the fourth quarter and are decided by a touchdown or less.

Former 49ers linebacker Nate Stupar forced Mike Davis’ fumble and recovered it early in the third quarter, the second straight big game for the journeyman in his fourth National Football League season.

The Eagles scratched to 95 rushing yards with four different backs, putting emphasis on a missing Lane Johnson and something simply not right with Ryan Mathews (five carries). The Giants managed a measly 2.3 yards per carry on 24 tries.

Carroll does a great job of getting physical with Beckham Jr. and then he finishes the play by ripping the ball out of his arm, using one hand, to get the huge interception. One of his tackles was for a loss.

Everything before the season suggested this is where the Eagles would be through week nine, sifting through rough plays and finding the positive.