Down 21 with seven minutes to play, the game looked to be the Giants'. But Mike Vick and the Eagles showed why you can never count them out, scoring three explosive touchdowns. However the Eagles needed up until the final play to conquer the G-Men. Apparently, rookie Giants punter Matt Dodge was told to boot it out of bounds, to avoid the dangerous DeSean Jackson. Instead, he kicked a 39-yard line drive to Jackson, which he promptly muffed. But the speedster picked it up off the ground, found a few holes, and the rest was history.
I must admit I was scared to death when Jackson had everyone beat and was in front of the endzone, when he decided to run parallel to it. I had no idea whether he was going to add to his list of boneheaded plays in some way. But once he came to his senses and trotted in to complete one of the most spectacular comebacks in history, me and the rest of Philly went berserk.
The Giants, at 9-5, are still very much alive in the playoff hunt. But they are a second-place team right now. For the sixth straight time they fall to the Eagles. But they have what the Eagles don't; a Super Bowl ring. Anything but that for this year's Eagles, as always, would be regarded as a failed season.
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