GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: NY GIANTS (8-4) at PHILADELPHIA (5-7)

NFL: NY GIANTS (8-4) at PHILADELPHIA (5-7)

<h3>Giants look to move closer to playoff berth</h3>





<div class="pre">NY Giants (8-4) at Philadelphia (5-7) 1:00 pm EDT</div>

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- The New York Giants suppressed talkabout another second-half collapse with a dramatic comebackagainst the Chicago Bears.


On Sunday, the Giants can inch closer to their third straightplayoff berth when they visit the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFCEast battle.


Coming off a dismal 41-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, theGiants were flat for three quarters against the Bears andentered the fourth quarter trailing, 16-7.


A loss would have dropped New York to 1-3 in the second half andevoked further memories of last season, when it lost six of itslast eight games.


But the Giants quieted that talk by ralling for a 21-16 victory.Reuben Droughns scored the winning touchdown on a 2-yard runwith 1:33 remaining.


The victory left the Giants with a two-game lead over theVikings and Detroit Lions in the NFC wild card race.

New York will be without leading rusher Derrick Ward, whosuffered a season-ending broken leg against the Bears afterrushing for a career-high 154 yards and a touchdown.

But the Giants could get a boost from Brandon Jacobs, who is setto return after missing two games with a hamstring injury.

New York is looking to complete a season sweep of Philadelphiaafter posting a 16-3 victory at Giants Stadium on September 30.

The Eagles played that game without running back Brian Westbrookleft tackle William Thomas, free safety Brian Dawkins, cornerbackLito Sheppard and tight end L.J. Smith.


The Giants took advantage of Thomas' absence to register anNFL record-tying 12 sacks, including six by Osi Umenyiora.Thomas' replacement, Winston Justice, gave up three ofUmenyiora's sacks.


Thomas has returned to the lineup, but the struggling Eagles arein danger of falling out of playoff contention.


After nearly handing the New England Patriots their first loss,Philadelphia suffered a disappointing 28-24 defeat to theSeattle Seahawks last week.


The Eagles led, 24-21, early in the fourth quarter, but couldnot overcome four interceptions by A.J. Feely, who made hissecond straight start in place of injured Donovan McNabb. Thedefeat left the Eagles as one of five 5-7 teams in the muddledNFC.


The Eagles hope to have McNabb back against the Giants as theytry to make a belated playoff run.


McNabb has not been on the practice field since spraining hisright ankle and jamming his thumb against the Miami Dolphins onNovember 18.

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

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NY GIANTS 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 14:54 LEFT, 1ST QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NFL TD PHI
BRIAN WESTBROOK 18 YD PASS FROM DONOVAN MCNABB
(DAVID AKERS KICK)

NY GIANTS 0
PHILADELPHIA 7 11:47 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 0
PHILADELPHIA 7 11:42 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 0
PHILADELPHIA 7 9:57 LEFT, 1ST QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 26 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL NY GIANTS 0
PHILADELPHIA 7 6:07 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 0
PHILADELPHIA 7 4:59 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 11 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 0
PHILADELPHIA 7 3:24 LEFT, 1ST QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 47 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 0
PHILADELPHIA 7 2:32 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 15 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 7 7 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: PHI - TD, BRIAN WESTBROOK 18 YD PASS FROM
DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK),
3:13. Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards in
3:13. Key plays: Westbrook 16-yard
run to Philadelphia 48; McNabb
11-yard pass to R Brown to New York
26. PHILADELPHIA 7-0</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NFL FG NYG
LAWRENCE TYNES 19 YD

NY GIANTS 3
PHILADELPHIA 7 11:06 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 3
PHILADELPHIA 7 10:59 LEFT, 2ND QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 26 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 3
PHILADELPHIA 7 8:40 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 18 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 3
PHILADELPHIA 7 3:45 LEFT, 2ND QTR

PHI BALL ON PHI 17 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NY GIANTS at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

NY GIANTS 3
PHILADELPHIA 7

PHI BALL ON PHI 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 3
PHILADELPHIA 7 1:24 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NYG BALL AT MIDFIELD
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FG NYG
LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD

NY GIANTS 6
PHILADELPHIA 7 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 0 6 6
PHILADELPHIA 7 0 7 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: PHI - TD, BRIAN WESTBROOK 18 YD PASS FROM
DONOVAN MCNABB (DAVID AKERS KICK),
3:13. Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards in
3:13. Key plays: Westbrook 16-yard
run to Philadelphia 48; McNabb
11-yard pass to R Brown to New York
26. PHILADELPHIA 7-0
2ND QUARTER: NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 19 YD, 3:54. Drive:
13 plays, 84 yards in 6:25. Key
plays: Manning 17-yard pass to Moss
on 3rd-and-15 plus 15-yard
unnecessary roughness penalty on
Eagles' Sheppard to New York 42;
Manning 8-yard pass to Toomer on
3rd-and-5 to Philadelphia 45;
Droughns 35-yard run on 3rd-and-1
to Philadelphia 1. PHILADELPHIA 7-3
NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 23 YD, 15:00.
PHILADELPHIA 7-6</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY GIANTS 0 6 6
PHILADELPHIA 7 0 7 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

3:13 PHI - TD, B Westbrook 18 Yd Pass From D Mcnabb (D Akers Kick).
Drive: 6 plays, 68 yards in 3:13.
Key plays: Westbrook 16-yard run to Philadelphia 48; McNabb 11-yard
pass to R Brown to New York 26. Philadelphia 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

3:54 NYG - FG, L Tynes 19 Yd.
Drive: 13 plays, 84 yards in 6:25.
Key plays: Manning 17-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-15 plus 15-yard
unnecessary roughness penalty on Eagles' Sheppard to New York 42; Manning
8-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-5 to Philadelphia 45; Droughns 35-yard
run on 3rd-and-1 to Philadelphia 1. Philadelphia 7-3.
15:00 NYG - FG, L Tynes 23 Yd.
Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards in 1:24.
Key plays: McQuarters 27-yard punt return to midfield; Manning
19-yard pass to Burress on 3rd-and-7 to Philadelphia 16; Manning 11-yard
pass to Moss on 3rd-and-10 to Philadelphia 5. Philadelphia 7-6.

Ny Giants - Philadelphia End 2nd Qtr Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS Ny Giants Philadelphia

FIRST DOWNS 10 7
Rushing 2 4
Passing 7 3
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-9-56% 1-6-17%
TOTAL NET YARDS 156 127
Total offensive plays 34 26
Average gain per play 4.6 4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 58 52
Rushing attempts 14 12
Average gain per rush 4.1 4.3
NET YARDS PASSING 98 75
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-12 0-0
Gross passing yards 110 75
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 18-11-0 14-9-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.9 5.4
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-31.7 4-41.0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 1-5 4-26
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 0 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 16:08 13:52


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Ny Giants Philadelphia

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R DROUGHNS 3 34 11.3 35 0 B WESTBROO 8 44 5.5 16 0
B JACOBS 10 16 1.6 6 0 D MCNABB 2 4 2.0 2 0
E MANNING 1 8 8.0 8 0 C BUCKHALT 1 4 4.0 4 0
T TAPEH 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E MANNING 11-18-110 0 0 19 D MCNABB 9-13- 75 0 1 18
G LEWIS 0- 1- 0 0 0 0

Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-12. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
P BURRESS 4 44 11.0 19 0 B WESTBROO 4 36 9.0 18 1
S MOSS 2 28 14.0 17 0 R BROWN 4 35 8.8 11 0
A TOOMER 2 18 9.0 10 0 T TAPEH 1 4 4.0 4 0
B JACOBS 2 16 8.0 11 0
J SHOCKEY 1 4 4.0 4 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
L TYNES 0/0 2/2 D AKERS 1/1 0/0
Dist.: 19 23</div>

 

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NY GIANTS 6
PHILADELPHIA 7 14:51 LEFT, 3RD QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 25 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>