Eagles-Giants: Well, That Was Unexpected

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Published: November 1, 2009

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... why the G-Men fell prey to a fullback run; after six weeks of Line of Scrimmage Punt Return, it must have seemed downright exotic.

> On the first quarter pick from Eli Manning to Asante Samuel, Eli wound up running down the field with his back to the man with the ball. Hard to do, really. Nice to see how you are a football player and all, Eli.

> On third-and-goal from the 17, Donovan McNabb found Brent Celek for the touchdown, and wow, that was huge. Suddenly the Eagles were up 13 (a blocked PAT that, for once, did not come back to haunt them) after just four minutes of game play, and we were singing "Fly, Eagles, Fly" here in the Man Cave.

> I'm not sure I'm prepared to live in a world where an Eagles TE wearing the number 82 makes a play. Welcome to the Verse, Alex Smith.

> On third-and-11 from the Giants' 38, McNabb scrambled for 14 to convert and put the Eagles in field goal range, and this fan felt a lot better about the world...

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