The New York Giants rolled into Philadlephia determined not to let the Eagles, winners of the last ten games played in Philadlephia, bully them yet again, especially on Christmas Day.
While the Giants kept it competitive, they also came up short in their efforts to hand their hated division rivals a fourth straight loss.
Instead, after pulling to within two points thanks to a 76-yard pick -6 by cornerback Adoree’ Jackson, the Giants, down 30-18 at one point, managed to pull within five points on Darius Slayton’s 69-yard touchdown catch from Taylor, the longest play from scrimmage by the Giants this season.
However, after the Eagles got a 43-yard field goal from Jake Elliott, Taylor and the Giants offense came up 26 yards shy of paydirt, as on the final play of the game, with four seconds left, Taylor’s pass intended for Saquon Barkley was picked off by Kelee Ringo in the end zone.
Although the game didn’t end the way the Giants wanted, they showed fight against an Eagles team that has completely owned them in their last several meetings.
While that doesn’t get them anything in the standings, we’ll see if it provides any kind of competitive spark in these last two games.
To be fair, however, to Gillan, he was dealing with a left groin strain due to his having to do the place-kicking last week when Randy Bullock strained his hamstring.
This past week, Gillan was limited in practice and didn’t receive an injury designation.
FOX Sports reporter Pam Oliver reported that special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey revealed that Gillan wore a wrap on his left leg, which may have affected his movement.
