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David Akers blew it big time and buried his head in his hands while the New York Giants partied all around him.
Eli Manning threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress and Lawrence Tynes made three key field goals and the NY Giants moved that much closer to clinching a playoff spot with a sweet 16-13 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Akers hit the right upright on a 57-yard attempt with one second left after Donovan McNabb finally woke up and drove the Eagles 50 yards in the final minute. The Eagles are not good.
The NY Giants (9-4) have all but eliminated the Eagles from playoff contention with their sixth consecutive win on the road. New York is a slam duck for the No. 5 seed in the conference with 3 games left.
The defending NFC East champion Eagles can start looking forward to gold now following their third straight loss and fifth loss by four points or less.
Ole D. McNabb hasnt played since spraining his right ankle in the second quarter against Miami and A.J. Feeley led the Eagles to a win over the Dolphins, but threw costly interceptions in the final minutes of losses to New England and Seattle.
After McNabb led the he Eagles into the end zone on their first possession, they managed just a pair of field goals the rest of the game.
The Ny Giants were driving to put the game away when defensive end Juqua Thomas came from behind and forced Brandon Jacobs to fumble following a 21-yard gain. Thomas recovered it at the Eagles 5 with 5:51 left.
Philly drove to New York's 44, but McNabb's pass to Jason Avant on fourth-and-6 was incomplete and the Eagles didn't get the ball again until the final minute. It appeared linebacker Antonio Pierce hit Avant early, but no flag was thrown. With no timeouts and 53 seconds remaining, McNabb moved the Eagles from their 11 to the Giants 39, but Akers couldn't send it into overtime and missed the 50+ field goal.
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New York pounched on a fumble by surehanded Brian Westbrook in the third quarter to take their first lead.
Justin Tuck forced Westbrook to fumble and gave the Giants the ball at the Eagles 37. Westbrook hadn't lost a fumble since Week 5 of last season. "It was a bad situation to turn the ball over," Westbrook said. "As a leader, you can't have that. I really hurt the club."
Eli Manning finally found the end zone for the first time. A 19-yard catch by Amani Toomer set up the 20-yard scoring pass to Burress that put New York ahead 13-10.
The Giants tied an NFL record by sacking McNabb 12 times in week 4, including six by THE MAN - Osi Umenyiora, in a 16-3 win. This time they didn't bring McNabb down until Umenyiora sacked him in the 3rd quarter.
McNabb had better protection but everyone was covered this time. He finished 20-of-30 for a weakass 179 yards, one TD and no turnovers. Westbrook ran for 116 yards.
Manning was mediocore and went 17-of-31 for 219 yards and one TD. Burress turned in another hot fantasy performance and caught seven passes for 136 yards.
McNabb started off really hot and completed all three of his passes during a 68-yard opening drive. The Eagles had a great chance after Omar Gaither forced Jacobs to fumble immediately after a catch. Mike Patterson recovered and returned it 12 yards to the Giants 8.
New York was stuffed in the second quarter after a sweet 35-yard run by Reuben Droughns and ended up with the ball at the Philadelphia 1. But the Eagles man'd up and made four stops at the goal line and Tynes hit a 19-yarder to cut it to 7-3.
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